William Wordsworth

Book reviews William Wordsworth Wordsworth and Romanticism

Book review: William Wordsworth: A Life by Stephen Gill

by Anna Mercer Stephen Gill’s biography of William Wordsworth is a carefully considered, detailed and incredibly readable account of the…

scratch12th July 2015

William Wordsworth Wordsworth and Romanticism

Romantic readings: 'I wandered lonely as a Cloud' by William Wordsworth

by Colin Waters Is ‘I wandered lonely as a Cloud’ the most famous poem in the English language? It certainly…

scratch28th June 2015

William Wordsworth Wordsworth and Romanticism

Romantic readings: 'Tintern Abbey' by William Wordsworth

by Rosie Schaap Tintern Abbey sits in ruins on the Welsh side of the River Wye. It was established in…

scratch8th June 2015

William Wordsworth Wordsworth and Romanticism

Wordsworth and Spain: The Peninsular War translated

by Jonatan Gonzalez “It would not be easy to conceive with what a depth of feeling I entered into the…

scratch29th May 2015

William Wordsworth Wordsworth and Romanticism

'A Rhymer and an Analyst': The friendship of William Wordsworth and William Rowan Hamilton

by Eleanor Fitzsimons You send me showers of verses, which I receive with much pleasure, as do we all; yet…

scratch10th May 2015

William Wordsworth Wordsworth and Romanticism

Wordsworth and the Convention of Cintra

This post is a summary of a talk given at Grasmere in April 2015 by Major General Charles Vyvyan. If…

scratch6th May 2015

The Wordsworth Trust William Wordsworth Wordsworth and Romanticism

Wordsworthian Romance: 'Into a dazzling cavern'

This post is a shortened version of the Jonathan Wordsworth Memorial Lecture given by Professor Frederick Burwick, at Grasmere on February 21st…

scratch24th April 2015

William Wordsworth Wordsworth and Romanticism

245 years on, Wordsworth still has much to teach us

By Jonathan Kerr On the eve of William Wordsworth’s 245th birthday – an occasion celebrated by bibliophiles worldwide each April…

scratch7th April 2015

William Wordsworth Wordsworth and Romanticism

Caves and Cliffs: The Wordsworth Picture Poems of 1818

By Tim Fulford William Westall (1781-1850) was already a much-travelled man when Robert Southey first introduced him to Wordsworth sometime…

scratch7th February 2015

William Wordsworth