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Wordsworth : a life / Juliet Barker.

Title
Wordsworth : a life / Juliet Barker.
Author
Barker, Juliet R. V.
Publication
London ; New York : Viking, 2000.

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Description
xvii, 971 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
"In what is the first biography of Wordsworth to treat the latter part of his life as fully as the first, Juliet Barker employs the skills that made The Brontes a bestseller. Balancing meticulous research with a readable style, and scrupulous objectivity with an understanding of her subject, she reveals not only the public figure who was courted and reviled in equal measure but also the complex, elusive, private man behind that image. Drawing on unpublished sources, she vividly re-creates the intimacy of Wordsworth's domestic circle, showing the love, laughter, loyalty and tragedies which bound them together. Far from being the remote, cold, solitary figure of legend, Wordsworth emerges from this outstanding biography as a passionate, vibrant man who lived for his family, his poetry and his beloved Lakeland. His legacy, as a poet and as the spiritual founder of the conservation movement, remains with us today."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850
  • Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850
  • 1800-1899
  • Poets, English > 19th century > Biography
Genre/Form
Biographies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [939]-944) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
067087213X
LCCN
^^2001334040
OCLC
  • 44533181
  • SCSB-13519648
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library