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No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. For more information contact:  \nBloom’s Literary Criticism  \nAn imprint of Infobase Publishing  \n132 West 31st Street New York NY 10001  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nWilliam Wordsworth / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom; Janyce Marson, volume editor.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).—(Bloom’s classic critical views)  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 978-1-60413-427-8  \n1. Wordsworth, William, 1770–1850—Criticism and interpretation. I. Bloom, Harold. II. Marson, Janyce. III. Title. IV. Series.  \nPR5881 .W465 2009  \n821'.7—dc22 2009011465  \nBloom’s Literary Criticism books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk quantities for businesses, associations, institutions, or sales promotions. Please call our Special Sales Department in New York at (212) 967-8800 or (800) 322-8755.  \nYou can find Bloom’s Literary Criticism on the World Wide Web at [http://www.chelseahouse.com](http://www.chelseahouse.com)  \nVolume editor: Janyce Marson Series design by Erika K. Arroyo Cover designed by Takeshi Takahashi  \nPrinted in the United States of America IBT IBT 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nThis book is printed on acid-free paper.  \nAll links and Web addresses were checked and verified to be correct at the time of publication. Because of the dynamic nature of the Web, some addresses and links may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid.  \nContents  \nQQQ  \nSeries Introduction ix  \nIntroduction by Harold Bloom xi  \nBiography 1  \nPersonal 3  \nDorothy Wordsworth (1802) 5  \nHenry Crabb Robinson (1812) 5  \nRobert Southey (1814) 6  \nJohn Gibson Lockhart “Letters from the Lakes”(1819) 7  \nGeorge Ticknor (1819) 9  \nCharles Mayne Young (1828) 10  \nThomas De Quincey “The Lake Poets:  \nWilliam Wordsworth”(1839) 13  \nRobert Browning “The Lost Leader”(1845) 14  \nLeigh Hunt (1850) 15  \nRalph Waldo Emerson “First Visit to England”(1856) 17  \nThomas Carlyle (1867) 21  \nÉmile Legouis (1922) 23  \nGeneral 59  \nCharles Burney (1799) 61  \nRobert Southey (1804) 62  \nGeorge Gordon, Lord Byron (1809) 62  \nCharles Lamb “Wordsworth’s Excursion”(1814) 63  \nSydney Smith (1814) 64  \nJohn Keats “Addressed to Haydon”(1816) 64  \nWilliam Hazlitt (1818) 64  \nThomas Love Peacock “The Four Ages of Poetry”(1820) 66  \nWalter Scott (1820) 66  \nvi Contents  \nHenry Wadsworth Longfellow (1829) 66  \nThomas Babington Macaulay “Moore’s Life of  \nLord Byron”(1831) 67  \nHenry Taylor “Wordsworth’s Poetical Works”(1834) 67  \nGeorge Eliot (1839) 72  \nElizabeth Barrett Browning (1842) 72  \nMargaret Fuller “Modern British Poets”(1846) 74  \nLeigh Hunt (1848) 76  \nMatthew Arnold “Memorial Verses”(1850) 77  \nGeorge Meredith “The Poetry of Wordsworth”(1851) 79  \nJohn Stuart Mill (1873) 79  \nHarriet Martineau (1877) 81  \nMatthew Arnold “Preface”(1879) 83  \nEdmond Scherer “Wordsworth and Modern Poetry  \n","cbCaifgx0fx3ifC5","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifgx0fx3ifC5","pdf",1776750,353,"English","# Series Introduction\n## Introduction by Harold Bloom\n## Biography\n## Personal\n# Works\n## The Prelude\n## The Excursion\n## The Lyrical Ballads","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of this volume in Bloom’s Classic Critical Views series?\",\"answer\":\"The volume presents selected literary criticism and interpretive writings centered on William Wordsworth, organized with introductions and structured contents for study.\"},{\"question\":\"Who provides the introduction in this book?\",\"answer\":\"Harold Bloom provides the introduction, with additional series-level framing included in the volume.\"},{\"question\":\"Which Wordsworth works are covered in the section titled “WORKS”?\",\"answer\":\"The “WORKS” section includes major texts such as The Prelude, The Excursion, and The Lyrical Ballads, along with other related selections.\"}]","Bloom’s Classic Critical Views - William Wordsworth | PDF",1789949809,544]