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Wordsworth’s House in Cockermouth, Cumberland 1. Life Born in Cockermouth in Cumberland in 1770. His father, a lawyer, taught him poetry and allowed him access to his library. In 1791 he got a B. A. Degree at St John’s College, Cambridge. In 1791 he travelled to Revolutionary France and was fascinated by the Republican movement. Wordsworth’s House in Cockermouth, Cumberland Performer - Culture & Literature
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William Wordsworth (1770-1850) Beowulf
Benjamin Robert Haydon, William Wordsworth, 1842, London, National
Portrait Gallery. William Wordsworth ( ) Performer - Culture &
Literature Marina Spiazzi, Marina Tavella, Margaret Layton 2012
Wordsworths House in Cockermouth, Cumberland
1. Life Born in Cockermouth in Cumberland in 1770. His father, a
lawyer, taught him poetry and allowed him access to his library. In
1791 he got a B. A. Degree at St Johns College, Cambridge. In 1791
he travelled to Revolutionary France and was fascinated by the
Republican movement. Wordsworths House in Cockermouth, Cumberland
Performer - Culture & Literature Wordsworths House in
Cockermouth, Cumberland
1. Life In 1792 he had adaughter, Caroline, froma French
aristocratic woman, Annette Vallon. The Reign of Terror ledhim to
become estrangedto the Republic, and thewar between England
andFrance caused him toreturn to England. Wordsworths House in
Cockermouth, Cumberland Performer - Culture & Literature
Wordsworths House in Cockermouth, Cumberland
1. Life In 1795 he developed a close friendship with Samuel Taylor
Coleridge, with whom he collaborated in the period to write Lyrical
Ballads. In 1843 he became the Poet Laureate. He died in 1850.
Wordsworths House in Cockermouth, Cumberland Performer - Culture
& Literature 2. Main works Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other
Poems (1798).
Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems (1800). This edition contains the
famous Preface, the Manifesto of English Romanticism. Poems, in Two
Volumes (1807). The Excursion (1814). The Prelude (1850). William
Wordsworth, Shreveport, James Smith Noel Collection Performer -
Culture & Literature 3. The object of poetry From the Preface
to Lyrical Ballads
The principal object [] was tochoose incidents and situations
fromcommon life [] to make theseincidents and situations
interestingby tracing in them [] the primarylaws of our nature
Performer - Culture & Literature 4. The language of poetry From
the Preface to Lyrical Ballads
The language [] of these men (low andrustic people) is adopted []
because suchmen hourly communicate with the best objectsfrom which
the best part of language isoriginally derived [] and because,
being less under theinfluence of social vanity, they convey
theirfeelings and notions in simple andunelaborated expressions
Performer - Culture & Literature 5. Who is the poet? From the
Preface to Lyrical Ballads
What is a poet? [] He is a man speaking to men: a man [] endued
with more lively sensibility who has a greater knowledge of human
nature, and a more comprehensive soul, than are supposedto be
common among mankind Performer - Culture & Literature 6. What
is poetry? From the Preface to Lyrical Ballads
Poetry is the spontaneous overflow ofpowerful feelings: it takes
its origins fromemotion recollected in tranquillity: the emotionis
contemplated till by a species of reaction the tranquillity
gradually disappears, and an emotion, kindred to that which
wasbefore the subject of contemplation, is gradually produced, and
does itself actuallyexist in the mind Performer - Culture &
Literature 7. Poetic composition From the Preface to Lyrical
Ballads
In this mood successful composition generallybegins, and in a mood
similar to this it iscarried on; but the emotion [] from
variouscauses is qualified by various pleasures, sothat in
describing any passions whatsoever,which are voluntarily described,
the mind willupon the whole be in a state of enjoyment Performer -
Culture & Literature 8. The poetic process Sensory experience
Poet Emotion Object Memory =
Recollection In tranquillity Emotion Kindred emotion Reader Poem
Performer - Culture & Literature John Constable, The White
Horse, 1819, New York, The Frick Collection
9. Man and nature Man and nature areinseparable. Pantheistic view
ofnature: nature is theseat of the spirit ofthe universe. Nature
comfortsman in sorrow, it isa source of joyand pleasure, itteaches
man tolove, to act in amoral way. John Constable, The White Horse,
1819, New York, The Frick Collection Performer - Culture &
Literature 10. The senses and memory Wordsworth exploited
thesensibility of the eye andear to perceive the beauty ofnature.
He believed that the moralcharacter develops duringchildhood
influence ofDavid Hartley ( ). The sensations caused byphysical
experience leadto simple thoughts. William Hawell, Waterfall at
Ambleside seen through a window, 1807, Wordsworth Trust Performer -
Culture & Literature 10. The senses and memory These simple
thoughtslater combine intocomplex and organisedideas. Memory is a
major forcein the process of growth. The Chancel and Crossing of
Tintern Abbey, Looking towards the East Window by J. M. V. Turner,
1794 Performer - Culture & Literature 11. The poets task The
poet = a teacher
Shows men how tounderstand theirfeelings andimprove their
moralbeing. Draws attention tothe ordinary thingsof life where
thedeepest emotionsare to be found. Performer - Culture &
Literature 12. Wordsworths style Abandoned 18th-century poetic
diction.
Almost always used blankverse. Proved skilful at verse formssuch as
sonnets, odes,ballads and lyrics. View of Buttermere, Crummock
Water and the surrounding Fells from Fleetwith Pike in the English
Lake District Performer - Culture & Literature