By William Wordsworth
Wordsworth's earliest model of his masterpiece, "The Prelude". The 1799 two-book model includes a number of the most important passages of the later models of the poem, and it has lately been regarded as a officially whole paintings in its personal correct.
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From it can be derived faith in humanity, in immortality, and in deity. He hails his sister Dorothy as a kindred spirit and as a help to him in youth and maturity. Without her influence, he suggests, he would still have revered things but not loved them. He praises her for leading him out of the rationalist snare and back to feeling. He praises Mary Hutchinson, who had become his wife during the writing of The Prelude, for sharing all his mature experiences, great and small. Finally, he turns once more to praise Coleridge, who helped to mitigate his fears and encouraged him to write.
K. Samuel Taylor Coleridge: A Biographical Study. New York, 1938. LOWES, JOHN L. Road to Xanadu. Boston, 1927. , ed. Selected Poetry and Prose of Coleridge. New York, 1951. The "Biographia Literaria" throws light on the relationship between Coleridge and Wordsworth and on the latter's poetic theories. WORDSWORTH BIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM BATESON, F. W. Wordsworth: A Reinterpretation. 2nd ed. New York, 1956. BATHO, E. C. The Later Wordsworth. Cambridge, 1933. DARBISHIRE, HELEN. The Poet Wordsworth.
Did his religion change throughout his life? (Books 5, 8, 12-14) 21. How did The Prelude fit into Wordsworth's scheme for his life's work? What became of the scheme? 22. What characteristics of The Prelude show that it is correctly classified in the romantic period of English literature? 23. What is the literary form of The Prelude? Describe its texture. Give some of its motivational ideas. Has it any unity? What are some of its stylistic faults? 24. Are Wordsworth's ideas valid for contemporary society?