William Wordsworth's the Prelude: A Casebook (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780195180923)

William Wordsworth's long poem The Prelude is a fascinating work-as autobiography, the fruit of many attempts at understanding the formative period of Wordsworth's life; as a fragment of historical evidence from the revolutionary and post-revolutionary years; as an unstable literary text, which mutated through at least five discernable versions from 1799-1839; and as a poem offering the pleasures of blank verse in a variety and to an intensity unmatched in English non-dramatic poetry. In this collection, leading Wordsworth scholar Stephen Gill, gathers together thirteen influential essays on The Prelude. The volume as a whole is a useful and inspiring companion for students and general readers of Wordsworth's greatest, but most demanding poem.

Author: Stephen Gill
ISBN-10: 0195180925
ISBN-13: 9780195180923
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 08/24/2006
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 8.22h x 6.04w x 0.86d

Review Citation(s):
London Review of Books 12/18/2009 pg. 26