William Wordsworth, the worldly recluse [ Art and Literature ]
… 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 of his politics, his social concerns persisted for the rest of his life. The Excursion illustrates this with its …
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