The Presence of God in the Works of William Wordsworth

Eliza Borkowska (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2023
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-64140-5 (ISBN)

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Approaching Wordsworth’s entire poetic and prosaic oeuvre from perspectives which have not been considered in critical literature, this book offers a multiangled reflection on the technicalities of the poet’s religious discourse, including the methodology of The Prelude revision and Wordsworth’s technique of "bracketed religion".

Approaching Wordsworth’ writings from perspectives which have not been considered in critical literature, this book offers a multiangled reflection on the technicalities of the poet’s religious discourse, including the methodology of The Prelude revision, or Wordsworth’s patent art of "pious postscripts." The book constitutes a self-contained whole and can be read independently. Simultaneously, it creates an unusual duet with The Absent God in The Works of William Wordsworth, whose six chapters follow this book’s eight chapters like a sestet which complements the octave—becoming, thus, a tribute to Wordsworth as one of the most prolific sonneteers in history. Both monographs build their theses on Wordsworth’s entire oeuvre and embrace the whole of his wide lifespan. Their completion in 2020 coincides with several round anniversaries: the 250th anniversary of Wordsworth’s birth, the 200th anniversary of The River Duddon, and the 170th anniversary of the publication of his autobiographical masterpiece, The Prelude.

Eliza Borkowska (https://www.elizaborkowska.com/info) is Associate Professor of Literature at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw and the author of But He Talked of the Temple of Man’s Body: Blake’s Revelation Un-Locked (2009). She is currently working as a co-author on the first translation of Blake’s Jerusalem into Polish.

ONE A Prelude—

The Author Behind the Work: The Memoirs of William Wordsworth

TWO "Wisdom and s/Spirit of the universe[!]"—

The Indeterminacy of Wordsworth’s Religious Signposting

THREE "(Thanks to the good God / That made us)"—

The Allusiveness of Wordsworth’s Religious Discourse

FOUR "Upon this I shall insist elsewhere . . ."—

Religion in The Prose Works of William Wordsworth

FIVE "[S]urrounded . . . by kneeling crowds"—

Churchgoing and Prayer in The Poetical Works of Wordsworth

SIX The Excursion—

Wordsworth’s "Dramatic" Mode

SEVEN The Prelude—

The Author’s Voice

EIGHT Postscript—

The Author’s Method

RETROSPECT—Or the Turn

Erscheinungsdatum	08.02.2021
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies in Romanticism
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	303 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-367-64140-2 / 0367641402
ISBN-13	978-0-367-64140-5 / 9780367641405
Zustand	Neuware