Wordsworth's Poetic Theory Knowledge, Language, Experience [Hardcover]

Together, Wordsworth's verse and his compelling criticism have done much to shape our understanding of poetic art since the Romantic period. This volume is the first in many years to reexamine Wordsworth's complex theory of poetry in depth across the full range of the poet's work, presenting new scholarship by influential commentators in the field.Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; S.Hoesel-Uhlig & A.Regier Wordsworth's Poetic Ignorance; A.Bennett Poetic Objecthood in 1798; S.H.Uhlig What is a Lyrical Ballad? Wordsworth's Experimental Epistemologies; P.de Bolla Words Worth Repeating: Language and Repetition in Wordsworth's Poetic Theory; A.Regier The Poetic Structure of Complexity: Wordsworth's Sublime and 'Something Regular'; C.Brodsky Dying into Prose: The Standard of Taste in Wordsworth's Essays upon Epitaphs ; S.Curdts Writing and Orality around 1800: 'Speakers', 'Readers', and Wordsworth's 'The Thorn'; F.Ferguson The Excursion and Wordsworth's Special Remainder; P.Hamilton Wordsworth's Late Melodics; S.Jarvis Composing Sound: The Deaf Dalesman, 'The Brothers', and Epitaphic Signs; M.Jacobus Wordsworth and Metapsychology; G.Hartman Index

'Regier and Uhlig have assembled a remarkable group of scholars and critics who contribute to an invaluable volume for Romanticists and literary theorists alike.' Ross Wilson, Textual Practice

'The Wordsworthian question of poetry [ ] motivates this exciting and challenging book, and receives from its distinguished contributors a range of compelling answers.' Tom Duggett, Romanticism

'Seldom does a collection of essays display the internal coherence of this intellectually ambitious and well-judged volume. The aspects of Wordsworth's poetic theory and practice addressed by the contributors are theoretically sophisticated and timely. [ ] The exceptional standard of the essays, their dialogic development of a series of closely related themes, and the inherent interesl£_