First published in 1960, this book studies Wordsworth's 'simple' poems, such as the Lyrical Ballads, as products of a sophisticated and powerfully successful literary genius. The author aims to approach the poems as perhaps Wordsworth expected his first readers to; but as they have never been in fact. The result of this approach is to discover a Wordsworth far different to that which he has previously been presented as - the 'Sage of Rydal' at one extreme and a naive perpetrator of poetical blunders at the other - and, the author argues, a far more exciting one. This book will be of interest to students of literature.
- ISBN10 0710012527
- ISBN13 9780710012524
- Publish Date December 1960
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 October 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Routledge
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Language English