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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      08 February 2020
      09 January 2020
      ISBN:
      9781108236300
      9781108416320
      9781108402835
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108236300
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.6kg, 302 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.5kg, 302 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Literature, English Literature: General Interest, English Literature 1700-1830
      Series:
      Cambridge Companions to Literature
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    Subjects:
    Literature, English Literature: General Interest, English Literature 1700-1830
    Series:
    Cambridge Companions to Literature
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    Lyrical Ballads (1798) is a work of huge cultural and literary significance. The volume of poetry, in which Coleridge's Rime of the Ancyent Marinere and Wordsworth's Lines written above Tintern Abbey were first published, lies at the heart of British Romanticism, establishing a poetics of powerful feeling, that is, nonetheless, expressed in direct, conversational language and exploring the everyday realities of common life. This engaging, accessible collection provides a comprehensive overview of current approaches to Lyrical Ballads, enabling readers to find fresh ways of understanding and responding to the volume. Sally Bushell's introduction explores how the Preface to the second edition (1800) became a potent manifesto for the Romantic movement. Broad in scope, the Companion includes accessible essays on Wordsworth's experiments with language and metre, ecocritical approaches, the reception of the volume in America and more; furnishing students and scholars with a range of entry points to this seminal text.

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    ‘This bright new Cambridge Companion to ‘Lyrical Ballads’ is a thoughtfully conceived and well-executed collection that illuminates the famous book from several angles.'

    Seamus Perry Source: The Wordsworth Circle

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