The Prelude: The Four Texts (1798, 1799, 1805, 1850)Random House, 2004 M09 30 - 736 pages First published in July 1850, shortly after Wordsworth's death, The Prelude was the culmination of over fifty years of creative work. The great Romantic poem of human consciousness, it takes as its theme 'the growth of a poet's mind': leading the reader back to Wordsworth's formative moments of childhood and youth, and detailing his experiences as a radical undergraduate in France at the time of the Revolution. Initially inspired by Coleridge's exhortation that Wordsworth write a work upon the French Revolution, The Prelude has ultimately become one of the finest examples of poetic autobiography ever written; a fascinating examination of the self that also presents a comprehensive view of the poet's own creative vision. |
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THE THIRTEENBOOK PRELUDE OF 1805 | |
Book Second | |
Book Third | |
Book Seventh | |
Book Eighth | |
Book Ninth | |
Book Tenth | |
Book Tenth and Eleventh | |
Book Twelfth and Thirteenth | |
Book Thirteenth and Fourteenth | |
Notes | |
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