A PREFACE TO WORDSWORTH by John Purkis Longman/Scribners 1970 TPB Poetry
A PREFACE TO WORDSWORTH by John Purkis. Probably the most famous of the Romantic poets, William Wordsworth worked with and influenced many of the leading poets of the age. John Purkis provides an outline of Wordsworth’s life and cultural background and their effect on his work, and examines his verse, from the earliest school poems to the final years.