Book contents
- Wordsworth After War
- Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
- Wordsworth After War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Conscripting ‘The Recluse’
- Chapter 2 Peace Out of Time
- Chapter 3 Thanksgiving after War
- Chapter 4 ‘Returning, Like a Ghost Unlaid’
- Chapter 5 Violent Waters
- Chapter 6 Wordsworth after Byron
- After Wordsworth
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies In Romanticism
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2023
- Wordsworth After War
- Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
- Wordsworth After War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Conscripting ‘The Recluse’
- Chapter 2 Peace Out of Time
- Chapter 3 Thanksgiving after War
- Chapter 4 ‘Returning, Like a Ghost Unlaid’
- Chapter 5 Violent Waters
- Chapter 6 Wordsworth after Byron
- After Wordsworth
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies In Romanticism
Summary
Beginning with an account of a late Victorian collection of Wordsworth’s poems, and the paper and botanical ephemera that were included in a copy of this edition, the introduction assesses Wordsworth’s daisy poems to pave the way for a broader discussion of the poet’s early interest in the poetics and politics of peace and how this interest was modified over the course of his career. Works examined in the Introduction include sonnets composed during the Peace of Amiens (1802–1803) and the ‘Immortality Ode’ from Poems, in Two Volumes (1807). The Introduction locates Wordsworth’s poetry on peace and war within the broader social, cultural, and political contexts of the period and also outlines the book’s conceptual framework.
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- Wordsworth After WarRecovering Peace in the Later Poetry, pp. 1 - 33Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023