![]() William Wordsworth S Preface To The Lyrical Balladsĭescription: Central to the creative process of the Romantic poets that followed him, Wordsworth’s Preface to the Lyrical Ballads has been both a gift and a thorn in the side of critics for over a century. ![]() ![]() No other edition on the market has such a wealth of key background information. This edition - based on the 1805 edition, but looking back on each of the previous publications - shows how this collection developed, how it was refined and added to by the authors. Lyrical Ballads was not a single phenomenon but a sequence of four editions spread over seven years its appearance in English literature was not a historical moment but a sequence of moments - 1798, 1800, 1802, 1805. and proving that, while there was no actual revolution on the ground, England could still be the most revolutionary of places. Written in the language of the common man and addressing the concerns of the common man, Lyrical Ballads was the first - and remains the most - truly revolutionary collection of poetry, paving the way for the great Romantic poets - keats, Byron, Shelley et al. Lyrical Ballads represented a movement away from the overwrought, highly formal and learned verse of the 18th century and in so doing ushered in a new, more democratic poetic era. first published in 1798, it marked a radical change in the direction of English Literature. ![]() Description: Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a unique work of literature. ![]()
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