Wordsworth's Literary Criticism

First published in 1974. Wordsworth, with Coleridge, is the major literary critic of the Romantic period. This volume assembles all of WordsworthΓÇÖs formal critical writings and a selection of critical comments from his correspondence. These documents are invaluable for Romantic poetry at large, and his theories ΓÇö particularly on poetic diction, ordinary language and the nature of the creative process ΓÇö inspired lively critical debate. This book discusses the nature and origin of WordsworthΓÇÖs criticism in general, and the literary tradition from which they sprang. The texts are succinctly annotated and there is a select bibliography. This book will be of interest to students of literature.