William Wordsworth, the worldly recluse [ Art and Literature ]
… by William Shuter, 1798. Cornell University Library. Abstract The literary career of William Wordsworth (1770-1850) spans nearly sixty years, charting not only his evolution from disaffected radical to Victorian sage, but also the events … the government had failed to negotiate a treaty that would curb France’s military power and protect the independence of Spain and Portugal, invaded by Napoleon’s armies the previous year. His deep interest in international politics and his … electioneering strenuously to defend the Lowthers’ influence. He canvassed in person, helped set up a pro-Lowther newspaper, and published the partisan Two Addresses to the Freeholders of Westmorland (1818). The stakes, Wordsworth …
Correspondence | Domesticity | French Revolution | Politics | Solitude
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