1st Edition

Wordsworth and Beginnings of Modern Poetry

By Robert Rehder Copyright 1981
244 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1981, this study sees Wordsworth’s work as part of the continuous European struggle to come to terms with consciousness. The author pays particular attention to Wordsworth’s style and investigates the unstated and unconscious assumptions of that style. He discusses the conflicting feelings that shaped Wordsworth’s changing conception of The Recluse , offers a new... Read more

Notes; List of Abbreviations; Preface; 1. Self-consciousness and English Poetry 2. Wordsworth Chooses Himself 3. Wordsworth’s Long Sentences 4. The Meaning of Feeling 5. The Poetry of Consciousness 6. Ideas of Order 7. After Wordsworth; Notes; Index

Biography

Robert Rehder