
William Wordsworth
Stephen Hebron(Author)
The British Library Publishing Division
Published on 15. November 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-7123-4636-8 (ISBN)
Description
Deploying a wide range of illustrations, from manuscripts in Wordsworth's hand in The British Library, and at the Wordsworth Trust at Dove Cottage in Grasmere, to photographs, portraits and paintings in many other collections, Stephen Hebron discusses the life of a writer whose works had a tremendous influence on his contemporaries and later poets alike. He recounts how Wordsworth left his upbringing in Cumbria for Cambridge University and travelled extensively in Revolutionary France and the rest of Europe, before returning to Dove Cottage where he created some of the leading works of the Romantic period, becoming an establishment figures in his later years.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
British Library Publishing
Illustrations
35 colour and 35 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 210 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7123-4636-8 (9780712346368)
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