The Cambridge Companion to Wordsworth (Cambridge Companions to Literature) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521646812 ISBN 13: 9780521646819

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Specially commissioned essays cover the important aspects of Wordsworth's life and work. The volume examines his poetic achievement with chapters on poetic craft, the origin of his poetry and the challenges it presents. The book offers students informative supplementary material on Wordsworth's life and critical reception.

About this title

Book Description:

The Cambridge Companion to Wordsworth provides a wide-ranging account of one of the most famous Romantic poets. Specially commissioned essays cover all the important aspects of this multi-faceted writer; the volume examines his poetic achievement with a chapter on poetic craft, other chapters focus on the origin of his poetry and on the challenges it presented and continues to present. The volume ensures that students will be grounded in the history of Wordsworth's career and his critical reception.

About the Author:

Stephen Gill is Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor at Lincoln College, Oxford. He is the author of Wordsworth and the Victorians (1998).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0521646812
• ISBN 13: 9780521646819
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 322
• Editor: Gill Stephen