Selected Poetry

By William Wordsworth

Book Overview

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) is one of the most important and enduringly popular of all the English poets. His unique relationship with the poet and political activist Samuel Taylor Coleridge, founded in the political and social ferment of 1795, produced a revolution in literature, resulting in the joint volume, Lyrical Ballads (1798-1805)--a landmark in the history of English Romanticism. This selection, chosen from the Oxford Authors critical edition, includes all Wordsworth's finest lyrics, and a large sample of The Prelude (1805), his extraordinary autobiographical poem in blank verse and the first truly great achievement of a new era in English poetry.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192834886
• ISBN13: 9780192834881
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 4.9"