William Wordsworth (The Oxford Authors) - Hardcover
In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature. Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty . . . -- Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802
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"In his fine new biography of Wordsworth, Stephen Gill...paints a fresh and moving portrait of the poet....He tells his story in a compact prose that is blessedly free of jargon and rich in detail."--The New York Times Book Review
"Excellent....This is the kind of biography which any writer would be delighted to inspire, let alone to deserve. Stephen Gill detects the underlying direction and momentum of Wordsworth's life, tracing through the impulses of diurnal reality the permanent being of the man."--The Times (London)
"Gill...is superbly equipped to write the first full-scale biography of the poet in twenty-five years. Since the second volume of Mary Moorman's richly detailed account appeared in 1965, a whole generation of scholars has transformed the study of Wordsworth, and Gill has been at or near the center of this revolution....An indispensable book."--The Bloomsbury Review
"[A] solid, intelligent, and highly readable biography....Gill sends us back to the poetry with renewed interest, while enlarging our respect for the poet's rugged commitment to his muse."--Publishers Weekly
"Gill does a superb job of interrelating the life and work of this particularly autobiographical poet."--Library Journal
Seamus Heaney received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. A resident of Dublin since 1976, he teaches regularly at Harvard University.
Review:
"In his fine new biography of Wordsworth, Stephen Gill...paints a fresh and moving portrait of the poet....He tells his story in a compact prose that is blessedly free of jargon and rich in detail."--The New York Times Book Review
"Excellent....This is the kind of biography which any writer would be delighted to inspire, let alone to deserve. Stephen Gill detects the underlying direction and momentum of Wordsworth's life, tracing through the impulses of diurnal reality the permanent being of the man."--The Times (London)
"Gill...is superbly equipped to write the first full-scale biography of the poet in twenty-five years. Since the second volume of Mary Moorman's richly detailed account appeared in 1965, a whole generation of scholars has transformed the study of Wordsworth, and Gill has been at or near the center of this revolution....An indispensable book."--The Bloomsbury Review
"[A] solid, intelligent, and highly readable biography....Gill sends us back to the poetry with renewed interest, while enlarging our respect for the poet's rugged commitment to his muse."--Publishers Weekly
"Gill does a superb job of interrelating the life and work of this particularly autobiographical poet."--Library Journal
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- PublisherOxford Univ. Press
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0192541757
- ISBN 13 9780192541758
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages784
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Book Description Black Cloth Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Wordsworth's poems presented in order of composition and in the original texts before their revision. 752pp with index. Gilt lettering on burgundy title panel to spine. Boards slightly bowed, minor marking to page edges and extensive pencil annotations to text and margins of some pages by previous owner, whose name appears on the endpaper, otherwise very good copy. Unclipped DJ is somewhat slack, with some edge and surface wear, otherwise good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 013040
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