William Wordsworth
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Few poets have shaped the English literary imagination as profoundly as William Wordsworth, and this volume from the prestigious Penguin Critical Anthologies series presents a masterfully curated collection of critical essays that charts the full arc of his reception and legacy. Edited by Graham McMaster, the anthology assembles some of the most significant critical voices across two centuries, from Wordsworth's Romantic contemporaries — including Coleridge and Hazlitt — through to the incisive modern scholarship that re-evaluated his place in the Western canon. McMaster's editorial hand is both authoritative and illuminating, providing scholars and enthusiastic readers alike with the essential critical framework needed to appreciate Wordsworth's revolutionary poetic vision — his insistence on the language of ordinary men, his transcendent portrayals of nature, and his deeply personal meditations on memory and consciousness as chronicled in landmark works such as The Prelude. The collection argues, implicitly and explicitly, that Wordsworth is not merely a historical curiosity but a living presence in literary thought — leaving the reader to wonder just how deeply his roots still run beneath the surface of modern verse.
Author: Graham Mcmaster
Format: Paperback
Genre: Anthology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few poets have shaped the English literary imagination as profoundly as William Wordsworth, and this volume from the prestigious Penguin Critical Anthologies series presents a masterfully curated collection of critical essays that charts the full arc of his reception and legacy. Edited by Graham McMaster, the anthology assembles some of the most significant critical voices across two centuries, from Wordsworth's Romantic contemporaries — including Coleridge and Hazlitt — through to the incisive modern scholarship that re-evaluated his place in the Western canon. McMaster's editorial hand is both authoritative and illuminating, providing scholars and enthusiastic readers alike with the essential critical framework needed to appreciate Wordsworth's revolutionary poetic vision — his insistence on the language of ordinary men, his transcendent portrayals of nature, and his deeply personal meditations on memory and consciousness as chronicled in landmark works such as The Prelude. The collection argues, implicitly and explicitly, that Wordsworth is not merely a historical curiosity but a living presence in literary thought — leaving the reader to wonder just how deeply his roots still run beneath the surface of modern verse.