Lyrical Ballads 1798 and 1800 - Edited Edition

Sep 19, 2026

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Lyrical Ballads 1798 and 1800 presents William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge’s landmark poetry collection in Broadview Editions. It includes bibliographical references and supporting editorial material such as acknowledgements, abbreviations, illustrations, introduction, and a chronology of Wordsworth and Coleridge, followed by notes on the text. The table of contents enumerates major poems from the 1798 and 1800 editions and includes an advertisement and contemporary reviews, alongside publication and copyright information for the review copy.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages552

Reading Time14 h 10 min

AccessFree to download

Contents

Preliminary materials

Lyrical Ballads, 1798 Edition

Reviews of the 1798 Edition

Lyrical Ballads, 1800 Edition - Volume I

This electronic material is under copyright protection and is provided to a single recipient for review purposes only. LYRICAL BALLADS 1798 AND 1800 broadview editions series editor: L.W. Conolly Review Copy Review Copy LYRICAL BALLADS 1798 AND 1800 William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge edited by Michael Gamer and Dahlia Porter broadview editions Review Copy ©2008 Michael Gamer and Dahlia Porter All rights reserved. The use of any part of this publication reproduced, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system, without prior written consent of the publisher—or in the case of photocopying, a licence from Access Copyright (Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency), One Yonge Street, Suite 1900, Toronto, Ontario M5E 1E5—is an infringement of the copyright law. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 Lyrical ballads : 1798 and 1800 / William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge ; edited by Michael Gamer and Dahlia Porter. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-1-55111-600-6 1. English poetry—18th century. 2. English poetry—19th century. I. Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772–1834 II. Gamer, Michael III. Porter, Dahlia IV. Title. PR5869 .L9 2008 821′.708 C2008-903151-2 Broadview Editions The Broadview Editions series represents the ever-changing canon of literature in English by bringing together texts long regarded as classics with valuable lesserknown works. Advisory editor for this volume: Jennie Rubio Broadview Press is an independent, international publishing house, incorporated in 1985. Broadview believes in shared ownership, both with its employees and with the general public; since the year 2000 Broadview shares have traded publicly on the Toronto Venture Exchange under the symbol BDP. We welcome comments and suggestions regarding any aspect of our publications—please feel free to contact us at the addresses below or at broadview@broadview[press.com](press.com). North America Post Office Box 1243, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7H5 2215 Kenmore Avenue, Buffalo, NY, USA 14207 Tel: (705) 743-8990; Fax: (705) 743-8353; email: [customerservice@broadviewpress.com](customerservice@broadviewpress.com) UK, Ireland, and continental Europe NBN International, Estover Road, Plymouth UK PL6 7PY Tel: 44 (0) 1752 202300 Fax: 44 (0) 1752 202330 email: [enquiries@nbninternational.com](enquiries@nbninternational.com) Australia and New Zealand UNIREPS, University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW, Australia 2052 Tel: 61 2 9664 0999; Fax: 61 2 9664 5420 email: [info.press@unsw.edu.au](info.press@unsw.edu.au) [www.broadviewpress.com](www.broadviewpress.com) Typesetting and assembly: True to Type Inc., Claremont, Canada. PRINTED IN CANADA Review Copy Contents Acknowledgements • 11 Abbreviations • 12 Illustrations • 13 Introduction • 15 William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge: A Chronology • 38 A Note on the Text • 44 Lyrical Ballads, 1798 Edition • 45 Advertisement • 47 “The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere” • 49 “The Foster-Mother’s Tale, A Dramatic Fragment” • 73 “Lines Left Upon a Seat in a Yew-Tree Which Stands Near the Lake of Esthwaite” • 76 “The Nightingale, a Conversational Poem, Written in April, 1798” • 78 “The Female Vagrant” • 81 “Goody Blake, and Harry Gill, A True Story” • 89 “Lines written at a small distance from my House, and sent by my little Boy to the person to whom they are addressed” • 93 “Simon Lee, the Old Huntsman” • 95 “Anecdote for Fathers” • 98 “We Are Seven” • 100 “Lines Written in Early Spring” • 102 “The Thorn” • 103 “The Last of the Flock” • 111 “The Dungeon” • 113 “The Mad Mother” • 114 “The Idiot Boy” • 118 “Lines Written Near Richmond, upon the Thames, at Evening” • 133 “Expostulation and Reply” • 134 “The Tables Turned; an Evening Scene, on the

FAQs

What is the book’s main focus?

It centers on Lyrical Ballads, collecting poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge across the 1798 and 1800 editions, with editorial support and reviews.

Which poems are included from the 1798 edition?

The contents list prominent 1798 poems such as “The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere,” “The Nightingale,” “We Are Seven,” and many others.

Does the volume include editorial material besides the poems?

Yes. It includes acknowledgements, abbreviations, illustrations, an introduction, a chronology, and a note on the text, plus advertisement material and contemporary reviews.

Sep 19, 2026

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