William Wordsworth

$ 1.99

William Wordsworth helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature, creating a diverse oeuvre of works that have influenced the course of poetry for over two centuries.  The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Wordsworth’s complete works, with beautiful illustrations, Dorothy Wordsworth’s journals and even more bonus material. (Version 3)

Description

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Wordsworth’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the poetry collections and other works
* Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your Kindle a taste of the original texts
* All versions of the famous ‘Lyrical Ballads’, including all of Coleridge’s contributions
* Excellent formatting of over 950 poems
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry
* Easily locate the poems you want to read
* Features all three versions of ‘The Prelude’ – explore Wordsworth’s masterpiece in comprehensive detail
* The complete prose works, will fully working contents tables
* Includes Dorothy Wordsworth’s famous travel writing book – spend hours exploring Wordsworth’s adventures with his sister and Coleridge
* Features F. W. H. Myers’ famous and detailed biography – explore Wordsworth’s literary life
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
* UPDATED with Dorothy Wordsworth’s journals – discover what led to the creating of English literature’s most famous poetry collaboration, Lyrical Ballads

CONTENTS:
The Poetry Collections and Major Works
POEMS WRITTEN IN YOUTH
LYRICAL BALLADS, WITH A FEW OTHER POEMS
LYRICAL BALLADS, WITH OTHER POEMS
POEMS, IN TWO VOLUMES
THE EXCURSION
LAODAMIA
THE PRELUDE

The Poems
LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Prose Works
LIST OF PROSE WORKS

Dorothy Wordsworth’s Works
RECOLLECTIONS OF A TOUR MADE IN SCOTLAND A.D. 1803
THE ALFOXDEN JOURNAL, 1798
THE GRASMERE JOURNAL, 1800-1803

The Biography
WORDSWORTH by F. W. H. Myers

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