Wordsworth's Second Nature: A Study of the Poetry and Politics

by James Chandler

Book Overview

Wordsworth is England's greatest poet of the French Revolution: he witnessed some of its events first hand, participated in its intellectual and social ambitions, and eventually developed his celebrated poetic campaign in response to its enthusiasms. But how should that response be understood? Combining careful interpretive analysis with wide-ranging historical scholarship, Chandler presents a challenging new account of the political views implicit...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226100812
• ISBN13: 9780226100814
• Release Date: December 1984
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"