Wordsworth: Romantic Poetry and Revolution PoliticsManchester University Press, 1989 - 203 pages |
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... William Godwin which Wordsworth was at this time reading was both more modern and more radical . In Hazlitt's words , ' The author of Political Justice took abstract reason for the rule of conduct and abstract good for its end . " In ...
... William Godwin which Wordsworth was at this time reading was both more modern and more radical . In Hazlitt's words , ' The author of Political Justice took abstract reason for the rule of conduct and abstract good for its end . " In ...
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... William Godwin , London : Yale University Press ( 1984 ) , pp . 130–1 . Turner , op . cit . , Chapter 6 . 22 See Downie , op . cit . , P. 21 . 6 The West Country years : ' wise passiveness ' 1 See , for example , Turner , op . cit ...
... William Godwin , London : Yale University Press ( 1984 ) , pp . 130–1 . Turner , op . cit . , Chapter 6 . 22 See Downie , op . cit . , P. 21 . 6 The West Country years : ' wise passiveness ' 1 See , for example , Turner , op . cit ...
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... William Godwin , London : Yale University Press ( 1984 ) . Mason , William ( 1724–97 ) , Caractacus , A Dramatic Poem . Written on the Model of the Ancient Greek Tragedy , first published in the Year 1759 , York ( 1777 ) . Middleton ...
... William Godwin , London : Yale University Press ( 1984 ) . Mason , William ( 1724–97 ) , Caractacus , A Dramatic Poem . Written on the Model of the Ancient Greek Tragedy , first published in the Year 1759 , York ( 1777 ) . Middleton ...
Contents
Wordsworth and pastoral politics | 1 |
the pastoral tradition in early Wordsworth | 19 |
Poetry of alienated radicalism | 69 |
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