William Wordsworth, the worldly recluse [ Art and Literature ]
… kind, engages with public issues and explores various forms of community. The Prelude (1805) celebrates ‘Love of Nature Leading to Love of Mankind’ (book VIII) and declares that the love for local landscape is ‘To patriotic and domestic love / Analogous’. 6 The affinity of local and national …
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