Wordsworth’s Profession
Author | : Thomas Pfau |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 478 |
Release | : 1997 |
ISBN-10 | : 0804729026 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780804729024 |
Rating | : 4/5 (024 Downloads) |
Download or read book Wordsworth’s Profession written by Thomas Pfau and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In exploring Wordsworth's professionalization as a writer, the author's interpretations are coordinated by a single, albeit highly ramified, critical hypothesis: that Romanticism's aesthetic forms afforded the middle classes an imaginary furlough from the impinging consciousness of their tenuous socioeconomic status.