Wordsworth's Unremembered Pleasure

by Alexander Freer

Wordsworth has traditionally been understood as the 'poet of memory'. This book argues that 'unremembered pleasure', an idea Wordsworth formulates in 'Tintern Abbey' but is often overlooked by modern readers, is central to understanding his writing. Wordsworth's poems discover and articulate a broad range of previously unfelt, unnoticed, and unconscious satisfactions.

As well as providing new interpretations of major and under-studied writing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198856989
• ISBN13: 9780198856986
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.6"