hello
I need some help with the role and contribution William Wordsworth in the romantic movement aka Romanticism. I've searched but can't find a comprehensive article on it. Can anyone help me with it
EDIT: I would be glad if someone can help me with it today as the one which I've written, is not enough for my final paper on thursday
First of all you can start with his famous preface to Lyrical Ballads. It's basically a manifesto of his poetic philosophy. The any major library will have dozens of books and articles to choose from.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
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You could also research poets like Percy Shelly who were influenced by him. Shelly even wrote a poem "To Wordsworth", but that was because Wordsworth's views had become more conservative.
Hwæt! We Gar-Dena in geardagum,/Þeodcuninga þrum gefrunon,/hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon!
Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum,/ monegum mægþum, meodosetla ofteah,/ egsode eorlas, syððan ærest wearð/ feasceaft funden; he þæs frofre gebad,/ weox under wolcnum, weorðmyndum þah,/ oðþæt him æghwylc þara ymbsittendra/ofer hronrade hyran scolde,/gomban gyldan. Þæt wæs god cyning!
Originally Posted by SinnerSaint
hello
I need some help with the role and contribution William Wordsworth in the romantic movement aka Romanticism. I've searched but can't find a comprehensive article on it. Can anyone help me with it
EDIT: I would be glad if someone can help me with it today as the one which I've written, is not enough for my final paper on thursday
Some critics say that the publication of "The Lyrical Ballads" by Coleridge and Wordsworth in 1798 mark the beginning of the romantic movement. For info, it is only in 1835 that the name "romantic" was created. There are two generations of romantics. First, Coleridge and his friend Wordsworth (1798 - 1805), and second, Keats and Shelley, 15 years after.
Col and Wordsworth met in the end of 1795 and became close friends in 1796. They obviously had an influence on each other. There are many books who deal with romanticism. For example, "The Poetry of Growth" by Stephen Prickett, or "The Emergence of Romanticism" by Nicholas V. Riasanovsky which gives a rough idea of the birth of this movement. As for a comprehensive article, you could have a look on "Francis" or another program and search for "Wordsworth and romanticism".
he is a productive poet,left us lots works!
His poemtry theory on nature also reflect the reality of the society at that time.
Yeah I've read that the collection 'Lyrical Ballads' pretty much launched the movement of romanticism in poetry.
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