Wordsworth and the Victorians,9780198187646

Wordsworth and the Victorians

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ISBN13: 9780198187646
ISBN10: 0198187645
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-06-28
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

Wordsworth and the Victorians tells the story of the flowering of Wordsworth's reputation and influence in the Victorian era. Stephen Gill uses a range of anecdotal and biographical material to illustrate the various ways in which Wordsworth's reputation was diffused. The transmission of the Wordsworthian spirit by poets and novelists such as Matthew Arnold and George Eliot is examined, as is the personal testimony of critics, scholars, and ordinary readers.

Author Biography


Stephen Gill is Professor of English Literature and Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford. He is the author of William Wordsworth: A Life (OUP, 1989), and editor of William Wordsworth in the Oxford Authors series (OUP, 1984).

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
xii
A Note on Texts xiii
Abbreviations xiv
Introduction 1(9)
Fame
10(30)
England's Samuel: Wordsworth as Spiritual Power
40(41)
`Fit Audience': The Marketing of Wordsworth
81(33)
The Poetry of Humble Life
114(31)
Wordsworth at Full Length: George Eliot
145(23)
The Active Universe: Arnold and Tennyson
168(38)
The Wordsworth Renaissance
206(29)
The Last Decade: From Wordsworth Society to National Trust
235(26)
Appendix: The Membership of the Wordsworth Society in 1884 261(7)
Notes 268(49)
Bibliography 317(18)
Index 335

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