A Companion To William Wordsworth ( Vol. 2 ) (Hardcover)  | Released: 2003

This is perhaps the most comprehensive book on Wordsworth, highlighting discussions on most of the different dimensions of the poetas a critic, a poetic theorist, a great lover of nature, a humanist, and as a philosopher. In this book, twelve most important poems of the poet, his five Lucy' poems and also his six sonnets have been thoroughly discussed, and the texts of all the 23 poems have been given. In the three Appendices, the texts of Wordsworths three most important literary essaysPreface to Lyrical Ballads (1802), Appendix on Poetic Diction, and Essay Supplementary to the Prefacehave been given for the readers ready references. The author has shunned all pedantry anywhere in the book, his primary objective being introduction of Wordsworth to the generality of readers. References have always been cited wherever quotations from critics books have been appropriated.Table of Contents: Volume 2Part 5 (Contd.)8. Wordsworth as a Poet of Humanity; 9. Wordsworth as a Philosophical Poet; 10. Wordsworths Style; 11. Wordsworth as a Critic; 12. Appreciation and Criticism of Wordsworth; 13. Residuary Discussions on Wordsworth; 14. Wordsworth And Coleridge: Lyrical Ballads (including Preface to Lyrical Ballads, 1802, Appendix on Poetic Diction, and Essay; Supplementary to the Preface, 1815Part 615. The PreludePart 716. The ExcursionPart 8Appendices; Appendix I(Preface to Lyrical Ballads (1802)); Appendix II(Appendix on Poetic Diction (1802)); Appendix III(Essay Supplementary to the Preface (1815))