The Ecclesiastical Sonnets of William Wordsworth: A Critical Edition

by William Wordsworth, Abbie Findlay Potts (Editor)

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Genres: Poetry

334 pages, Unknown Binding

First published July 2, 1822

About the author

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication, Lyrical Ballads.

Wordsworth's masterpiece is generally considered to be The Prelude, an autobiographical poem of his early years, which the poet revised and expanded a number of times. The work was posthumously titled and published, prior to which, it was generally known as the poem "to Coleridge". Wordsworth was England's Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death in 1850.

Reviews

[Illiterate · Rating 2 out of 5]

Although I admire Wordsworth’s technical proficiency, this teleological peon to Anglicanism runs counter to my multicultural and secular sensibilities.