Synopses & Reviews
-- Outlines his life and cultural background and their effect on his work.
-- Examines Wordsworth's verse, from his earliest school poems to the work of his final years.
-- Explores important places and people in Wordsworth's life, such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and their effect on he and his writings.
William Wordsworth is probably the most famous of the Romantic poets and he worked with, and influenced, many of the leading poets of the age, including Coleridge and Keats. A Preface to Wordsworth is an introduction which looks at the life, influences, and works of Wordsworth. John Purkis's biographical account sets Wordsworth's writing firmly I the context of his times and will enhance everyone's enjoyment of Wordsworth's poetry.