William Wordsworth and the Age of English Romanticism

New Brunswick, New Jersey and Grasmere, England: Rutgers University Press Co-published with the Wordsworth Trust, 1987. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Just a touch of shelf wear to an apparently unread copy of this companion book to the exhibition of the same name. Foreword by M.H. Abrams. 261 pages with Catalogue of Museum Exhibits, Chronology (1770-1850), Lenders to the Exhibition, Photographic Acknowledgments, and Index. Lavishly illustrated with 120 color and 60 black and white images of manuscripts by Wordsworth and other prominent writers of the age as well as paintings and watercolors of Romantic period artists. From the publisher: "William Wordsworth and the Age of English Romanticism" illuminates an era of revolutionary and imaginative achievements in literature and art that has profoundly shaped our sense of ourselves and our world. The age of English Romanticism was part of an age of revolution, an explosive period of aesthetic, political, social, economic, and philosophic movements that transformed the western world. William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was the seminal poet of the age, and with his great Romantic contemporaries gave magnificent expression to that turbulent time. Their vision of the world, the self, and the triumph of the creative imagination continues to influence our modern concepts of man, nature, and society. The chapters of this book survey topics essential to an understanding of the period. The book includes 120 color and 60 black-and-white illustrations, and a comprehensive catalogue of an accompanying museum exhibition.".