William Wordsworth, the worldly recluse [ Art and Literature ]
… and the Poor Laws. His attitude towards the lower classes reveals that his sympathy for the most deprived members of society is politically charged. The Lyrical Ballads also hallmark his personal and creative friendship with S. T. … publicly announced its existence in the Prospectus of The Excursion (1814), it proclaimed not his retreat from society, but a meditation ‘On Man, on Nature, and on Human Life’ 3 that he had sustained since 1798 and which he repeatedly sought to complete until the last decade of his life. His attempt to reconcile nature, man, and society formed a cornerstone of his works. Wordsworth gradually became more conservative, but despite the changing nature …
Correspondence | Domesticity | French Revolution | Politics | Solitude
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