Wordsworth

图书标准信息

• 作者 Juliet Barker 著
• 出版社 Harper
• 出版时间 2005-11
• ISBN 9780060787318
• 定价 220.00元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 576页

【内容简介】

WilliamWordsworth'searlylifereadslikeanovel.Orphanedatayoungageanddependentonthecharityofunsympatheticrelatives,hebecamethearchetypalteenagerebel.RefusingtoentertheChurch,hewentinsteadtoRevolutionaryFrance,wherehefatheredanillegitimatedaughterandbecameacommittedRepublican.Hispoetrywasasrevolutionaryashispolitics,challengingconventioninform,style,andsubject,andearninghimtheuniversalderisionandcontemptofcritics.Onlytheunfailingencouragementofatightlyknitgroupofsupporters,hisfamily,and,aboveall,Coleridgekepthimtruetohispoeticvocation.Inthehalf-centurythatfollowedhisreputationwastransformed.Hisadvocacyoftheimportanceofimaginationandfeelingtouchedachordinanincreasinglyindustrial,mechanisticage,andhisinfluencewasprofoundlyandwidelyfeltineverysphereoflife.Inthelastdecadeofhislife,RydalMount,hishomeforthirty-sevenyears,becameaplaceofpilgrimage,notjustforthegreatandpowerfulinChurchandstate,butalso,moretouchingly,forthehundredsofordinarypeoplewhocametopaytheirrespectstohisgenius.Inwhatis,astonishingly,thefirstbiographyofWordsworthtotreatthelatterpartofhislifeasfullyasthefirst,JulietBarkerbalancesmeticulousresearchwithareadablestyle,andscrupulousobjectivitywithanunderstandingofhersubject.Sherevealsnotonlythepublicfigurewhowascourtedandreviledinequalmeasurebutalsothecomplex,elusive,privatemanbehindthatimage.Drawingonunpublishedsources,shevividlyre-createstheintimacyofWordsworth'sdomesticcircle,showingthelove,laughter,loyalty,andtragediesthatboundthemtogether.Farfrombeingtheremote,cold,solitaryfigureoflegend,Wordsworthemergesfromhisbiographyasapassionate,vibrantmanwholivedforhisfamily,hispoetry,andhisbelovedLakeland.Hislegacy,asapoetandasthespiritualfounderoftheconservationmovement,remainswithustoday.

【作者简介】

JoyBeharJoyBeharisanactor,writer,comedian,andcurrentcohostoftheEmmyAward-winningtalkshowTheView.Thisishersecondbookforchildren.ShelivesinNewYorkCity.GeneBarrettalivesoutsideofPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania.