{"product_id":"myself-some-other-being-daniel-robinson-9781609382322","title":"Myself \u0026 Some Other Being: Wordsworth and the Life Writing","description":"As a young writer with neither profession nor money, William Wordsworth committed himself to a career as a poet, embracing what he believed was his destiny. But even the \"giant Wordsworth,\" as his friend and collaborator Samuel Taylor Coleridge called him, had his doubts. In \u003ci\u003eMyself and Some Other Being\u003c\/i\u003e, Daniel Robinson presents a young Wordsworth, as ambitious and insecure as any writer starting out, who was trying to prove to himself that he could become the great poet he desired to be and that Coleridge, equally brilliant and insecure, believed he already was. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMyself and Some Other Being\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Wordsworth becoming \u003ci\u003eWordsworth\u003c\/i\u003e by writing the fragments and drafts of what would eventually become \u003ci\u003eThe Prelude\u003c\/i\u003e, an autobiographical epic poem addressed to Coleridge that he hid from the public and was only published after his death in 1850. Feeling pressured to write the greatest epic poem of all time, a task set for him by Coleridge, Wordsworth feared that he was not up to the challenge and instead looked inside himself for memories and materials that he might make into poetry using the power of his imagination. What he found there was another Wordsworth--not exactly the memory of his younger self but rather \"some other being\" that he could adapt for an innovative kind of life-writing that he hoped would justify his writing life. By writing about himself and that other being, Wordsworth created an innovative autobiographical epic of becoming that \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e the masterpiece he believed he had failed to write. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In focusing on this young, ambitious, yet insecure Wordsworth struggling to find his place among other writers, Robinson ably demonstrates how \u003ci\u003eThe Prelude\u003c\/i\u003e may serve as a provocative, instructive, and inspirational rumination on the writing of one's own life. Concentrating on the process of Wordsworth's endless revisions, the real literary business of creativity, Robinson puts Wordsworth forward as a model and inspiration for the next generation of writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609382323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609382322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Iowa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2014","brand":"Daniel Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088639078655,"sku":"9781609382322","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_88e1f7f3-befa-44fd-906a-75677378becb.jpg?v=1769105861","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/myself-some-other-being-daniel-robinson-9781609382322","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}