The Teaching of Wordsworth (American University Studies) - Softcover

Derek Colville

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0820400777 ISBN 13: 9780820400778

Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, 1984

Synopsis

This book indirectly suggests ways of teaching Wordsworth's poetry, and more directly focusses on the poet himself as teacher, examining the myriad and subtle ways in which Wordsworthian poetics act on the imagination. The volume concentrates upon a dozen major poems and central passages in Wordsworth's work. It begins by defining, in a deliberately simple way, the poet's outlook as presented by the vision on Snowdon. It then discusses the Wordsworthian «voice» in Tintern Abbey; examines the details of structure in Book I of The Prelude, and then broader structure, movement and poetics in the Lucy poems. The book's approaches are then concentrated on The Solitary Reaper and on two other poems, both complex and undervalued, The Fountain and The Two April Mornings. Finally, the analytic methods used are applied in a detailed study of what the author regards as Wordsworth's somewhat neglected masterpiece, The Thorn.

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Review:

«In this magnificent book, D.C. guides the reader through the work of Wordsworth. Because of its predominantly didactic focus, this book will prove of enormous value to all kinds of teachers of English Literature.» (Anglo-American Forum)
«...it is a real pleasure to read a work of Wordsworth criticism with such a lucide style.» (The Charles Lamb Bulletin)

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0820400777
• ISBN 13: 9780820400778
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 125