New Releases by William Wordsworth

A NEW ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH''S CLASSIC GUIDE TO THE ENGLISH LAKES - THE LANDSCAPE WHICH INSPIRED HIS GREATEST WORK. WHILE KEEPING FAITHFULLY TO WORDSWORTH''S ORIGINAL TEXT, THIS ATTRACTIVE NEW EDITION HAS THE ADDED BOON OF BEAUTIFUL COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS, WATER COLOURS AND ENGRAVINGS.

Contains poetry by William Wordsworth, a major English Romantic poet who, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature.

Wordsworth''s longest poem, and the only part of a projected magnum opus to be published in his lifetime, The Excursion has been neglected in favor of its autobiographical companion, The Prelude. It is however one of the great works of English Romanticism, in which Wordsworth succeeds in his object of conveying clear thoughts, lively images, and strong feelings. Through the semi-dramatic adoption of various selves he narrates the stories of a range of Lake District inhabitants, most famously in the tragic tale of the ruined cottage; airs views on the French and Industrial Revolutions (attacking the factory system and advocating universal state education); and meditates on Man, Nature, and Society. .