The Cambridge Companion To 'lyrical Ballads' (cambridge Companions To Literature)

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. "Lyrical Ballads (1798) is a work of huge cultural and literary significance. This volume of poetry in which Coleridge's The 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 explores 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"-- Cambridge companion Online "Lyrical Ballads (1798) is a work of huge cultural and literary significance. This volume of poetry in which Coleridge's The 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 explores 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"-- Provided by publisher Copyright_page 2 Dedication 6 Contents 8 Contributors 10 Acknowledgements 14 Chronology 15 Abbreviations 20 Introduction 22 PART I Part and Whole 34 1 Wordsworth’s ‘Preface’: A Manifesto for British Romanticism 36 2 Collaboration, Domestic Co-Partnery and Lyrical Ballads 53 3 Coleridgean Contributions 70 4 Lyric Voice and Ballad Voice 87 PART II Subjects and Situations from Common Life 106 5 Conversation in Lyrical Ballads 108 6 The Power of Things in Lyrical Ballads 126 7 Marginal Figures 139 PART III Feeling and Thought 156 8 Silence and Sympathy in Lyrical Ballads 158 9 Domestic Affections and Home 173 PART IV Language and the Human Mind 192 10 A ‘Radical Difference’: Wordsworth’s Experiments in Language and Metre 194 11 Awkward Relations: Poetry and Philosophy in Lyrical Ballads 212 PART V A Global Lyrical Ballads 230 12 Ecocritical Approaches to Lyrical Ballads 232 13 Rhyming Revolutionaries: Lyrical Ballads in America 251 14 The Indigenous Lyrical Ballads 274 Guide to Further Reading 290 Index 298