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William Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth in the Lake District. His Lyrical Ballads, written in collaboration with Samuel Coleridge, was published in 1798, and shortly afterwards he settled in Dove Cottage, Grasmere, with his sister Dorothy. Inspired in his early... Read Full Overview

For many, William Wordsworth personifies the Age of Romanticism. The Prelude, his masterpiece, is one of the finest poems in the English language, and the Lyrical Ballads, written with his friend and fellow poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, is a defining text of the Romantic movement... Read Full Overview

In poems such as 'Michael', 'The Old Cumberland Beggar', 'Resolution and Independence' and the other Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth forged a style and vocabulary to express the experiences of people previously ignored by literature--beggars, unschooled peasants, even idiot children... Read Full Overview

This collection presents Wordsworth's poems in their earliest completed form (before the poet's alterations) and in order of composition. A selection of Wordsworth's critical writing complements a generous selection of poetry, including the longer narratives ("The Ruined Castle,"... Read Full Overview

A revolutionary voice in English verse, and a much loved and celebrated lyri

William Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth in the Lake District. His Lyrical Ballads, written in collaboration with Samuel Coleridge, was published in 1798, and shortly afterwards he settled in Dove Cottage, Grasmere, with his sister Dorothy. Inspired in his early... Read Full Overview

William Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth in the Lake District. His Lyrical Ballads, written in collaboration with Samuel Coleridge, was published in 1798, and shortly afterwards he settled in Dove Cottage, Grasmere, with his sister Dorothy. Inspired in his early... Read Full Overview