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Selected Poems Paperback – 29 July 2004

by William Wordsworth (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars 194
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One of the major poets of Romanticism, Wordsworth epitomized the spirit of his age with his celebration of the natural world and the spontanous expression of feeling. This volume contains a rich selection from the most creative phase of his life, including extracts from his masterpiece, The Prelude, and the best-loved of his shorter poems such as 'Composed Upon Westminster Bridge', 'Tintern Abbey', 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud', 'Lucy Gray', and 'Michael'. Together these poems demonstrate not only Wordsworth's astonishing range and power, but the sustained and coherent vision that informed his work.
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    0140424423
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    29 July 2004
  6. Language
    English
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    19.7 x 12.9 x 2.12 cm
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William Wordsworth was born in 1770 at Cockermouth in the Lake District and educated at Cambridge. As a young man he was fired with enthusiasm for the French Revolution but the year he spent in France after graduating left him disillusioned with radical politics. He turned more seriously to literature and, in collaboration with his friend Coleridge, produced Lyrical Ballads (1798). His return to the Lake District in 1799 marked the beginning of his most productive period as a poet, during which he wrote his most famous long poem, The Prelude (1805).Stephen Gill a Professor of English Literature at Oxford University and a Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford. He holds degrees from Oxford and Edinburgh Universities and is a long-serving member of the Wordsworth Trust. He has written William Wordsworth- A Life (1989) and Wordsworth and the Victorians (1998).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin; 1st edition (29 July 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0140424423
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140424423
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.7 x 12.9 x 2.12 cm
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G. B. H.
4.0 out of 5 stars Lovely
Reviewed in Australia on 6 November 2020
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Beautiful poetry in an inexpensive binding.
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Mark Osborne
1.0 out of 5 stars Incomplete
Reviewed in Australia on 30 November 2019
'Daffodils' is missing an entire verse! It's like publishing the complete works of Shakespeare and omitting an act from Hamlet.
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Aran Joseph Canes
5.0 out of 5 stars A Fulcrum
Reviewed in the United States on 29 October 2021
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Wordsworth seems, some two hundred fifty years after his birth, to resonate poorly with contemporary readers. The Penguin edition of his works contains only a sliver of his output and even this is scarcely read. The corresponding lacuna in Western literature is unfortunate because Wordsworth still has a lot to say to the twenty-first century reader.

Any well read person can see upon reading Wordsworth that he achieved a revolution in poetry that can only be likened to the contemporaneous revolution in France. The metaphysical poets, Pope and Milton appear as archaic as Homer after reading him.

It’s as if poetry had been ambling along for centuries until Wordsworth caromed it to the contemplation of nature and its corresponding benefits to man. Nature is not only mother she is teacher, guide, muse and rejuvenating elixir. Correctly seen, she causes one heart to open to one’s fellow man.

So while Wordsworth’s sestercentennial may have been largely forgotten, it’s worth getting an edition of the poetry he claimed to be an elixir itself: By invoking and reflecting on the beauty of the natural world we are brought to our must fundamental virtue—the love of neighbor, particularly those who are distressed. No wonder that as Wordsworth ceased to publish Dickens picked up his pen. Highly recommended.
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Isa
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
Reviewed in France on 21 December 2021
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You don't know what poetry is before you've read Wordsworth's poems. There's a natural gift in depicting feelings and atmosphere which appeals both to the mind and the heart.
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Matty
5.0 out of 5 stars Good paper, even better literature
Reviewed in Canada on 18 March 2020
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Bought for an English course in uni. Ended up enjoying the material quite a bit. Good quality book, pages are good for writing notes in. The paper is thick enough that ink doesn't bleed through easily.
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Hari Kaimal
5.0 out of 5 stars In love with Wordsworth's Poetry
Reviewed in India on 2 January 2021
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Most of us would think about our school poem 'Daffodils' when we hear the name of William Wordsworth, perhaps among the most famous of English poets. I nursed a hatred for Wordsworth from childhood. He seemed something like Frost, whom also I did not like. Maybe because it was they both seemed to make fun of me, a child, who was a good reader but could not place them: were those poems meant to be simple? And I did not have the historical setting then. But theirs are poems which we still remember, and I would say, all non-English speakers would find their poetry a great introduction to English.

I'm past 40 now, and I love them both. The LOA edition did it for Frost; this wonderful hardcover does it for Wordsworth. It is probably the best small collection (selection) of his poems. The Introduction and the Chronology place him in the context of the times. Lovely book to have, and I dip into the poems occasionally. My current favourite is the Leech Gatherer (it is known by some other name in the collection).
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5.0 out of 5 stars Quality single volume
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 April 2019
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Stylish hardback using quality paper and binding. I bought this as an "Amazon Warehouse Deal" at a fraction of the jacket price and was astonished to find it in mint condition. Detailed introduction and timeline help to set the scene for the times in which he lived.
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