The Presence of God in the Works of William Wordsworth

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-367-64140-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 315 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Romanticism

Approaching Wordsworth’ writings from perspectives which have not been considered in critical literature, this book offers a multiangled reflection on the technicalities of the poet’s religious discourse, including the methodology of The Prelude revision, or Wordsworth’s patent art of "pious postscripts." The book constitutes a self-contained whole and can be read independently. Simultaneously, it creates an unusual duet with The Absent God in The Works of William Wordsworth, whose six chapters follow this book’s eight chapters like a sestet which complements the octave—becoming, thus, a tribute to Wordsworth as one of the most prolific sonneteers in history. Both monographs build their theses on Wordsworth’s entire oeuvre and embrace the whole of his wide lifespan. Their completion in 2020 coincides with several round anniversaries: the 250th anniversary of Wordsworth’s birth, the 200th anniversary of The River Duddon, and the 170th anniversary of the publication of his autobiographical masterpiece, The Prelude.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Borkowska, Eliza

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Literatur & Kunst
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Afrikanische Literaturen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ONE A Prelude—

The Author Behind the Work: The Memoirs of William Wordsworth



TWO "Wisdom and s/Spirit of the universe[!]"—

The Indeterminacy of Wordsworth’s Religious Signposting



THREE "(Thanks to the good God / That made us)"—

The Allusiveness of Wordsworth’s Religious Discourse



FOUR "Upon this I shall insist elsewhere."—

Religion in The Prose Works of William Wordsworth



FIVE "[S]urrounded. by kneeling crowds"—

Churchgoing and Prayer in The Poetical Works of Wordsworth



SIX The Excursion—

Wordsworth’s "Dramatic" Mode



SEVEN The Prelude—

The Author’s Voice



EIGHT Postscript—

The Author’s Method



RETROSPECT—Or the Turn

Über Autor(innen)

Eliza Borkowska (https://www.elizaborkowska.com/info) is Associate Professor of Literature at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw and the author of But He Talked of the Temple of Man’s Body: Blake’s Revelation Un-Locked (2009). She is currently working as a co-author on the first translation of Blake’s Jerusalem into Polish.