| Wordsworth's Classical Undersong: Education, Rhetoric and Poetic Truth 2000 Edition Contributor(s): Clancey, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312225601 ISBN-13: 9780312225605 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2000 Annotation: Wordsworth's classical education presents an amazing paradox: gifted teachers trained him in the full rigors of classical Latin and Greek, but his schoolmasters were committed to the Classics and to modern literature. Through them, Wordsworth developed a profound love for the Classics and thus an enlightened zeal for a new poetry, a poetry capable of being compared with and even daring to compete with the classical texts he so dearly loved. Richard Clancey's meticulously researched study presents new biographical information on Wordsworth's classical education and new facts about the education of his teachers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Modern - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 821.7 |
| LCCN: 99043170 |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 5.67" W x 8.85" (1.11 lbs) 215 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Wordsworth's classical education presents an amazing paradox. Gifted teachers trained him in the full rigours of classical Latin and Greek. But Wordsworth's schoolmasters were enlightened, liberal and advanced. They were committed to the Classics and to modern literature. In their enthusiasm they shared their volumes of contemporary poetry with Wordsworth. His was a holistic literary education. Wordsworth developed a profound love for the Classics and thus an enlightened zeal for a new poetry, a poetry capable of being compared with and even daring to compete with the Classical texts he so dearly loved. Richard Clancey's meticulously researched study presents new biographical information on Wordsworth's classical education and new facts about the education of his teachers. |