The great Romantic poem of human consciousness, it takes as its theme ‘the growth of a poet’s mind’: leading the reader back to Wordsworth’s formative moments of childhood and youth, and detailing his experiences as a radical undergraduate in France at the time of the Revolution. Makes me want to reread that epic poem sometime in the next few years.Īccording to Goodreads, “ First published in July 1850, shortly after Wordsworth’s death, The Prelude was the culmination of over fifty years of creative work.
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