Scholarship on Wordsworth has long been concerned with the relationship between his poetry and his politics. Poetics and Poetics contributes significantly to the ongoing discussion by breaking through the "either-or" assumption that underwrites most theses. Dr. Liu focuses on the poetry of Wordsworth in the late 1790s and the early 1800s, exploring both his critique of a heroic model of political interventionism and his promotion of an egalitarian model of poet-reader cooperation. In the context of Wordsworth's crisis of belief, this study shows how his poetic innovations constituted his daring and brilliant revaluation of his political commitment.
Language
English
Pages
138
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Release
November 21, 2006
ISBN
0820441686
ISBN 13
9780820441689
Poetics and Politics: The Revolutions of Wordsworth
Scholarship on Wordsworth has long been concerned with the relationship between his poetry and his politics. Poetics and Poetics contributes significantly to the ongoing discussion by breaking through the "either-or" assumption that underwrites most theses. Dr. Liu focuses on the poetry of Wordsworth in the late 1790s and the early 1800s, exploring both his critique of a heroic model of political interventionism and his promotion of an egalitarian model of poet-reader cooperation. In the context of Wordsworth's crisis of belief, this study shows how his poetic innovations constituted his daring and brilliant revaluation of his political commitment.
Language
English
Pages
138
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften