The Development of the Sonnet in William Wordsworth

ISBN-13: 9783659584060 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 272 str.

Shelil Ali

Opis

This study deals with the development of the sonnet in William Wordsworth. It explains, first of all, the reasons for Wordsworths return and continuity to write in the sonnet form. Second, it explains how far Wordsworths sonnets indicate a change in his outlook on life and in his poetic/critical theory. Moreover, it explains how far this change accords with his development in the direction of traditionalism and conservatism and reveals the existence of a conservative streak which continued to grow in him over the years. Consisting of an introduction, four chapters and a conclusion, this study deals with four collections of sonnets written and published by Wordsworth during the period from 1802 to 1822 and traces in these sonnets the development in both Wordsworths outlook on life and his poetic/critical theory. Thus, the first chapter deals with Wordsworths early sonnets, which were composed between 1802 and 1807; the second chapter deals with Wordsworths sonnets which were composed between 1808 and 1815; the third chapter is devoted to "The River Duddon" sonnets (1820), and the fourth chapter deals with Wordsworths "Ecclesiastical Sonnets" (1822).

O autorze

Dr Ali Shelil has a PhD in Romantic Poetry from Faculty of Arts, Cairo University in 2008. He was a visiting PhD scholar to Nottingham Trent University, UK from 2006 to 2008. His PhD dissertation is entitled: The Development of the Sonnet in William Wordsworth: As Indicative of a Change in Outlook on Life and Poetic / Critical theory.