Wordsworth's Poetic Theory: Knowledge, Language, Experience

Together, Wordsworth's verse and his compelling criticism have done much to shape our understanding of poetic art since the Romantic period. This volume is the first in many years to reexamine Wordsworth's complex theory of poetry in depth across the full range of the poet's work, presenting new scholarship by influential commentators in the field.

ANDREW BENNETT Professor of English, University of Bristol, UK PETER DE BOLLA Reader in Cultural History and Aesthetics, University of Cambridge, UK CLAUDIA BRODSKY Professor of Comparative Literature, Princeton University, USA SOELVE CURDTS Comparative Literature, Princeton University, USA FRANCES FERGUSON Mary Elizabeth Garrett Chair in Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, USA PAUL HAMILTON Professor of English, Queen Mary, University of London, UK GEOFFREY HARTMAN Sterling Professor of English and Comparative Literature (Emeritus) and Senior Research Scholar, Yale University, USA MARY JACOBUS Grace 2 Professor of English, and Director of the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (CRASSH), University of Cambridge, UK SIMON JARVIS Gorley Putt Professor of Poetry and Poetics, University of Cambridge, UK