William Wordsworth, the worldly recluse [ Art and Literature ]
… the local and the national indicates that his poetry, even that of the most inward-looking kind, engages with public issues and explores various forms of community. The Prelude (1805) celebrates ‘Love of Nature Leading to Love of … addresses the political situation of the country from the perspective of both private meditations and public issues. Later, in 1809, he wrote the Convention of Cintra to protest against the government’s military policy, after the …
Correspondence | Domesticity | French Revolution | Politics | Solitude
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