Romanticism in Perspective:Texts, Cultures, Histories: Wordsworth and the Politics of Self-Presentation

Nichols, A.

In the winter of 1798-99, shut up in the freezing German town of Goslar, William Wordsworth began producing a series of lyrical fragments that appeared first in letters written to Coleridge and emerged eventually as source texts for The Prelude . These lyrics are revolutionary because they construct a new version of the autobiographical 'I'. The Revolutionary 'I' explores the numerous voices of the poetic speaker 'Wordsworth' and their relationship to the historical figure who shared the same name.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 1998-07-08

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333718896

DOI: 10.1057/9780230379237

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 187