| Poetics and Politics: The Revolutions of Wordsworth Contributor(s): Hewitt, Regina L. (Editor), Liu, Yu (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820441686 ISBN-13: 9780820441689 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $51.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821.7 |
| LCCN: 98026877 |
| Series: Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature |
| Physical Information: 138 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Scholarship on Wordsworth has long been concerned with the relationship between his poetry and his politics. Poetics and Poetics contributes significantly to the ongoing discussion by breaking through the "either-or" assumption that underwrites most theses. Dr. Liu focuses on the poetry of Wordsworth in the late 1790s and the early 1800s, exploring both his critique of a heroic model of political interventionism and his promotion of an egalitarian model of poet-reader cooperation. In the context of Wordsworth's crisis of belief, this study shows how his poetic innovations constituted his daring and brilliant revaluation of his political commitment. |