William Wordsworth
Author(s): William Wordsworth
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 - This is composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802.
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Faber and Faber presents eight beautiful editions of classic Romantic poetry
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland. In 1798 he published the Lyrical Ballads with Coleridge, settling shortly after in Dove Cottage, Grasmere with his sister, Dorothy. He died at Rydal Mount in 1850, shortly before the posthumous publication of that landmark of English Romanticism, The Prelude.
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- : Faber & Faber, Limited
- : Faber & Faber, Limited
- : 0.261
- : July 2011
- : 204mm X 134mm X 17mm
- : United Kingdom
- : October 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : William Wordsworth
- : Hardback
- : 1011
- : English
- : 821.7
- : 160