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William Wordsworth
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Mind Map on William Wordsworth, created by Kathryn Kilby on 05/01/2016.
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William Wordsworth
1770-1850
Well-off family but orphaned by 13
Rendered homeless, reliant on relatives
Lake District key part of youth
Fed into his poetry
Entered Cambridge at 19
French Rev. occurred soon after
Heralded a new era in society
Formative influence
Visited France during Rev.; in Paris during September massacres
Witnessed celebrations & violence
Had an affair & child with a Frenchwoman
Began writing political rhetoric in 1793
Remained unpublished to avoid arrest
Moved to poetry as a revolutionary form
Friends & family
Sister Dorothy
Constant companion, close bond
Took notes for his poetry
Coleridge
Became close friends in 1795
Lyrical Ballads
Composed between 1797-8
Important era for Romanticism
In Somerset
The friends wanted to be close
Withdrawal from political action
Depiction of the common life
Considered experiments
Poetic features
Attitudes:
Introspection
Contemplation
Specific detailing of real places
Deeply hidden politics
Nature healing political strife
Themes:
Memory
Nostalgia
Recapturing childhood innocence
Pastoral imagery
The Two-Part Prelude
1799
Begun in Germany, 1798
Expansion on previous text of 1798
Proto-existentialist
Relies on anecdotal style & blank verse
Product of bourgeois era & Enlightenment
Humanist?
Biographical document
Depiction of own childhood
Key part of spiritual development
Tradition of epic form
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