The Prelude: The 1805 Text
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
At the heart of the Romantic movement stands William Wordsworth's The Prelude, an epic autobiographical poem that chronicles the development of a poet's mind from childhood to creative maturity. The 1805 text — the earliest completed version of this monumental work — presents Wordsworth's most raw and immediate vision, tracing formative encounters with nature across the Lake District, the Alps, and revolutionary France, and examining how these experiences shaped his moral and imaginative consciousness. This edition restores the poem to its original, unrevised state, offering readers a direct line to Wordsworth's youthful radicalism and philosophical urgency before decades of revision softened its edges. As a cornerstone of English Romanticism, The Prelude argues, with breathtaking lyrical power, that the natural world is the supreme teacher of the human soul — a proposition that still resonates with startling force. Whether you are a student of literature or a lover of poetry, this text invites you to witness the birth of a great mind in all its unguarded splendour.
Author: Wordsworth
Format: Paperback
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
At the heart of the Romantic movement stands William Wordsworth's The Prelude, an epic autobiographical poem that chronicles the development of a poet's mind from childhood to creative maturity. The 1805 text — the earliest completed version of this monumental work — presents Wordsworth's most raw and immediate vision, tracing formative encounters with nature across the Lake District, the Alps, and revolutionary France, and examining how these experiences shaped his moral and imaginative consciousness. This edition restores the poem to its original, unrevised state, offering readers a direct line to Wordsworth's youthful radicalism and philosophical urgency before decades of revision softened its edges. As a cornerstone of English Romanticism, The Prelude argues, with breathtaking lyrical power, that the natural world is the supreme teacher of the human soul — a proposition that still resonates with startling force. Whether you are a student of literature or a lover of poetry, this text invites you to witness the birth of a great mind in all its unguarded splendour.