1st Edition

Wordsworth and the Adequacy of Landscape

By Donald Wesling Copyright 1970
108 Pages
by Routledge

108 Pages
by Routledge

108 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1970, this stylistic and interpretative account of some of Wordsworth’s major poetry examines description and meditation in his landscape writing. It describes the integration of two kinds of thinking, and a variety of beauties and lapses that come from their separation. Although Wordsworth’s deepest affinity was with nature, the author argues the finest landscape writing of... Read more

Preface; 1 The early poems: achieving habits of meditation 2 Images of exposure 3 Peopling the landscape; Select bibliography; Index

Biography

Donald Wesling