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ThemostaccessibleeditionofWordsworth’spoetryandprose,preparedtomeettheneedsofbothstudentsandscholars.ThisNortonCriticalEditionpresentsagenerousselectionofWilliamWordworth’spoetry(includingthethirteen-bookPreludeof1805)andproseworksalongwithsupportingmaterialsforin-depthstudy.Together,theNortonCriticalEditionsofWordsworth’sPoetryandProseandThePrelude:1799,1805,1850aretheessentialtextsforstudyingthisauthor.Wordsworth’sPoetryandProseincludesalargeselectionoftextschronologicallyarranged,therebyallowingreaderstotracetheauthor’sevolvinginterestsandideas.Aninsightfulgeneralintroductionandtextualintroductionprecedethetexts,eachofwhichisfullyannotated.Illustrativematerialsincludemaps,manuscriptpages,andtitlepages.“Criticism”collectsthirtyresponsestoWordsworth’spoetryandprosespanningthreecenturiesbyBritishandAmericanauthors.ContributorsincludeSamuelTaylorColeridge,PercyByssheShelley,FeliciaHemans,RalphWaldoEmerson,LucyNewlyn,StephenGill,NeilFraistat,MaryJacobus,NicholasRoe,M.H.Abrams,KarenSwann,MichaelO’Neill,andGeoffreyHartman,amongothers.ThevolumealsoincludesaChronology,aBiographicalRegister,aSelectedBibliography,andanIndexofTitlesandFirstLinesofPoems.8Illustrations