Wordsworth And The Adequacy Of Landscape

Download or read book Wordsworth and the Adequacy of Landscape written by Donald Wesling and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-17 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1970, this stylistic and interpretative account of some of Wordsworth’s major poetry examines description and meditation in his landscape writing. It describes the integration of two kinds of thinking, and a variety of beauties and lapses that come from their separation. Although Wordsworth’s deepest affinity was with nature, the author argues the finest landscape writing of the poet’s late twenties and early thirties derives from his attempt to humanise his love of nature. This work therefore aims to examine the way in which Wordsworth strives in his poetry to extend his range of concern from love of nature to love of mankind.