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Letters of Dorothy Wordsworth : A Selection by Dorothy Wordsworth (1985, Hardcover)

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Spontaneous, intimate, and lively, they constitute a life of Dorothy Wordsworth in her own words, following her from youth to the onset of her last tragic illness.

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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100198185391

ISBN-139780198185390

eBay Product ID (ePID)1379123

Product Key Features

Book TitleLetters of Dorothy Wordsworth : a Selection

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1985

TopicLetters, Literary

GenreBiography & Autobiography, Literary Collections

AuthorDorothy Wordsworth

Book SeriesLetters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight14.1 Oz

Item Length8.1 in

Item Width5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN85-185980

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition19

Dewey Decimal828.709

Synopsis"I should detest," wrote Dorothy Wordsworth, "the idea of setting myself up as an author." Protesting to Lady Beaumont she explained "I have not the powers which Coleridge thinks I have--I know it." Despite her self-deprecatory words, however, the reader of Dorothy Wordsworth's letters will discover a skill with language and a power of description that rivals even the poetry of her more famous brother. In this selection, Alan G. Hill offers seventy complete letters that together provide a fascinating portrait of the writer and her surroundings. Spontaneous, intimate, and lively, they constitute a life of Dorothy Wordsworth in her own words, following her from youth to the onset of her last tragic illness. In between, we meet a remarkable group of people, for no other observer was so close to Wordsworth, Coleridge, and their circle, shared so completely their feelings and aims, and had such an eye for the landscape that inspired them. To have brought them so vividly before our eyes is surely one of Dorothy Wordsworth's greatest and most enduring achievements.

LC Classification NumberPR5849.A85 1985