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Today in 1770 William Wordsworth was born. Wordsworth was one of the leading thinkers and poets of the Romantic Movement in English Literature. You can read his poetry here.
The book William Wordsworth in Context presents over thirty short chapters that provides cultural and historic context to the writings of Wordsworth. Chapters cover family life, friendships, political, scientific, and historical background vital for truly understanding the writings based upon the time the poems were written.
William Wordsworth, the poetic life is a critical biography of the poet that challenges the traditional opinion that Wordsworth achieved most of his literary fame during a golden decade from 1797-1807 and a gradual decline for the next 40 years of his life. Instead the author provides close readings of many poems that demonstrate the continued vitality of the poet from his early writings published in the Lyrical Ballads to the epic poem The Prelude published shortly after his death.
William WordsworthLife is divided into three terms – that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.
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