Radical Wordsworth : the poet who changed the world
Bate, Jonathan2020
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W.H. Auden wrote, upon the death of Yeats, that 'poetry makes nothing happen'. Jonathan Bate's book is a refusal of that idea; a vivid celebration of Wordsworth as a poet whose work changed the course of literature, but also as an iconic cultural figure who had a permanent impact on politics, spiritualism, philosophy, and our relationship with nature. In lively, adventurous biography, Jonathan Bate explores Wordsworth as a man, as a part of the Romantic movement, and - crucially - as a figure who has lived with us ever since. Bate explores how Wordsworth was not just the greatest of the Romantic poets, but the inventive core from whom the other writers reacted. He puts Wordsworth into his proper context, populating the book with the people of his moment who influenced his course - as well as those who followed and riffed on his legacy.
Main title:
Radical Wordsworth : the poet who changed the world / Jonathan Bate.
Author:
Bate, Jonathan, author
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2020.
Collation:
xxii, 586 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780008167424 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
821.7821 WOR920 WOR
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
288137