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The hidden Wordsworth : poet, lover, rebel, spy, Kenneth R. Johnston
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- Summary
- In this account, Kenneth R. Johnston portrays a Wordsworth different in crucial ways from the one that the poet intended us to know. Taking advantage of unprecedented access to government archives in England and France, family papers, school and university records, and intimate letters, he brings little-known aspects of Wordsworth's life and character to the fore. With its urban revolutions and Alpine scenery, French mistresses and passionate sisters, secret agents, aristocratic ogres, and furious guardian uncles, The Hidden Wordsworth unfolds a life that Byron might have envied. Johnston relates Wordsworth's attempt to cover up these personal details, his systematic and successful efforts to hide his "juvenile errors" from his contemporaries and from history. But they did not disappear: many of them stare us in the face from the lines of his greatest poetry, like purloined letters we have not seen because they are too obvious
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Extent
- xxii, 965 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- Maps depicting 'Wordsworth's London, 1791-1795' and 'Wordsworth's Paris, 1791-1793' on endpapers
- Contents
-
- Part I: The child is father
- The ministries of fear and beauty
- The vale of Esthwaite
- "While we were schoolboys"
- "Verses from the impulse of my own mind"
- Stranger, lounger, lover
- Young love-liking
- Weighing the man in the balance
- Something of a Republic
- Golden hours
- Golden days and giddy prospects
- Part II: Of the man
- The mighty city
- The might mind
- Revolution and romance
- Castaway
- A return to France?
- A return to France: the evidence of speculation
- Legacy hunting
- Philanthropy or treason?
- Of cabbages and radicals
- An independent intellect
- The spy and the mariner
- The mariner and the recluse
- Triumphs of failure
- Wye wandering
- "Mr. Wordsworth"
- Writing in self-defense
- Destination unknown
- Part III: What is a poet?
- "We have learnt to know its value"
- Home at Grasmere
- A. k. a. Lyrical ballads
- Selling the book, creating the poet
- Peace, marriage, inheritance
- Disciples and partners
- The end of The prelude
- Presenting the poet
- Isbn
- 9780393046236
- Label
- The hidden Wordsworth : poet, lover, rebel, spy
- Title
- The hidden Wordsworth
- Title remainder
- poet, lover, rebel, spy
- Statement of responsibility
- Kenneth R. Johnston
- Subject
-
- Biographie
- Espions -- Grande-Bretagne -- Biographies
- Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography
- Poètes anglais -- Grande-Bretagne -- 19e siècle -- Biographies
- Revolutionaries -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Révolutionnaires -- Grande-Bretagne -- Biographies
- Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Biografie
- Wordsworth, William, (1770-1850) -- Biographies
- Wordsworth, William, (1770-1850) -- Et les femmes
- Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850
- Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 -- Childhood and youth
- Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 -- Relations with women
- Wordsworth, William (Schriftsteller)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In this account, Kenneth R. Johnston portrays a Wordsworth different in crucial ways from the one that the poet intended us to know. Taking advantage of unprecedented access to government archives in England and France, family papers, school and university records, and intimate letters, he brings little-known aspects of Wordsworth's life and character to the fore. With its urban revolutions and Alpine scenery, French mistresses and passionate sisters, secret agents, aristocratic ogres, and furious guardian uncles, The Hidden Wordsworth unfolds a life that Byron might have envied. Johnston relates Wordsworth's attempt to cover up these personal details, his systematic and successful efforts to hide his "juvenile errors" from his contemporaries and from history. But they did not disappear: many of them stare us in the face from the lines of his greatest poetry, like purloined letters we have not seen because they are too obvious
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Johnston, Kenneth R
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR5882
- LC item number
- .J65 1998
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Wordsworth, William
- Wordsworth, William
- Wordsworth, William
- Wordsworth, William
- Wordsworth, William (Schriftsteller)
- Wordsworth, William
- Poets, English
- Revolutionaries
- Spies
- Poètes anglais
- Révolutionnaires
- Espions
- Biographie
- Biografie
- Label
- The hidden Wordsworth : poet, lover, rebel, spy, Kenneth R. Johnston
- Note
- Maps depicting 'Wordsworth's London, 1791-1795' and 'Wordsworth's Paris, 1791-1793' on endpapers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 927-933) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I: The child is father -- The ministries of fear and beauty -- The vale of Esthwaite -- "While we were schoolboys" -- "Verses from the impulse of my own mind" -- Stranger, lounger, lover -- Young love-liking -- Weighing the man in the balance -- Something of a Republic -- Golden hours -- Golden days and giddy prospects -- Part II: Of the man -- The mighty city -- The might mind -- Revolution and romance -- Castaway -- A return to France? -- A return to France: the evidence of speculation -- Legacy hunting -- Philanthropy or treason? -- Of cabbages and radicals -- An independent intellect -- The spy and the mariner -- The mariner and the recluse -- Triumphs of failure -- Wye wandering -- "Mr. Wordsworth" -- Writing in self-defense -- Destination unknown -- Part III: What is a poet? -- "We have learnt to know its value" -- Home at Grasmere -- A. k. a. Lyrical ballads -- Selling the book, creating the poet -- Peace, marriage, inheritance -- Disciples and partners -- The end of The prelude -- Presenting the poet
- Control code
- 37608308
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Extent
- xxii, 965 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780393046236
- Lccn
- 97040317
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)37608308
- Label
- The hidden Wordsworth : poet, lover, rebel, spy, Kenneth R. Johnston
- Note
- Maps depicting 'Wordsworth's London, 1791-1795' and 'Wordsworth's Paris, 1791-1793' on endpapers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 927-933) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I: The child is father -- The ministries of fear and beauty -- The vale of Esthwaite -- "While we were schoolboys" -- "Verses from the impulse of my own mind" -- Stranger, lounger, lover -- Young love-liking -- Weighing the man in the balance -- Something of a Republic -- Golden hours -- Golden days and giddy prospects -- Part II: Of the man -- The mighty city -- The might mind -- Revolution and romance -- Castaway -- A return to France? -- A return to France: the evidence of speculation -- Legacy hunting -- Philanthropy or treason? -- Of cabbages and radicals -- An independent intellect -- The spy and the mariner -- The mariner and the recluse -- Triumphs of failure -- Wye wandering -- "Mr. Wordsworth" -- Writing in self-defense -- Destination unknown -- Part III: What is a poet? -- "We have learnt to know its value" -- Home at Grasmere -- A. k. a. Lyrical ballads -- Selling the book, creating the poet -- Peace, marriage, inheritance -- Disciples and partners -- The end of The prelude -- Presenting the poet
- Control code
- 37608308
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Extent
- xxii, 965 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780393046236
- Lccn
- 97040317
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)37608308
Subject
- Biographie
- Espions -- Grande-Bretagne -- Biographies
- Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography
- Poètes anglais -- Grande-Bretagne -- 19e siècle -- Biographies
- Revolutionaries -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Révolutionnaires -- Grande-Bretagne -- Biographies
- Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Biografie
- Wordsworth, William, (1770-1850) -- Biographies
- Wordsworth, William, (1770-1850) -- Et les femmes
- Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850
- Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 -- Childhood and youth
- Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 -- Relations with women
- Wordsworth, William (Schriftsteller)
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