The Mind of a Poet : A Study of Wordsworth's Thought with Particular Reference to "The Prelude" / . Volume 1 / / by Raymond Dexter Havens . Volume 1

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910524704303321
• Autore: Havens Raymond Dexter <1880-1954.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1 online resource (xviii, 265 pages, l))
• Soggetti: Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: On t.p. verso: Originally published 1941; second printing 1957; third printing 1962; fourth printing 1967.; The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No derivatives 4.0 International License; Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.; Reprint of the 1941 edition published by Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Bibliographical reference is "Notes" at end of each chapter.
• Nota di contenuto: Volume I: A study of Wordsworth's thought -- The matter-of-factness of Wordsworth -- Passion -- The ministry of fear -- Solitude, silence, loneliness -- Animism -- Nature -- Anti-rationalism -- The mystic experience -- Religion -- Imagination -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Originally published in 1941. This book stresses the transcendental, rather than purely aesthetic, qualities of William Wordsworth's work. It argues that the unusual aspects of Wordsworth's mind are not isolated and did not seem to him fanciful or merely personal; they were, for him, so many paths, difficult to find and harder to follow, yet leading to the great central truth that is the goal of all humankind's loftier strivings.