William Wordsworth : a biography

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William Wordsworth : a biography

Hunter Davies

Sutton publishing, 1997

Rev. ed.

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Bibliography: p. 351-353

Includes index

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Drawing on the published letters and diaries of Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy, and of their contempories Coleridge and Southey, this full-length biography of the poet's life and times also draws on the author's own knowledge of the Lake District, which formed so strong a part in Wordsworth's life as to be almost another character. Hunter Davies discusses Wordsworth's much-debated relationship with his sister, Dorothy; tells the story of his affair with Annette Vallon, the French girl who was the mother of his child; and describes in detail William's life with his wife, Mary, concluding, perhaps controversially, that he fill in love with her only after ten years of marriage. The book portrays family life at Grasmere and Rydal, Wordsworth's political activities, the formative meeting with Coleridge in the West Country, and his other travels.

Table of Contents

  • Cockermouth and Penrith - 1770-1779
  • Hawkshead - 1779-1787
  • Cambridge - 1787-1790
  • France - 1791-1792
  • mainly London - 1793-1795
  • West Country - 1795-1798
  • Germany and "Lyrical Ballads" - 1798-1799
  • Dove Cottage - 1800-1802
  • Dorothy and wedded bliss - 1802
  • Scotland - 1803
  • a death in the family - 1805
  • Coleridge returns - 1806-1808
  • the great estrangement - 1808-1813
  • fine folks - 1813-1817
  • politics and poems - 1815-1818
  • Mary, Dorothy and the children - 1813-1820
  • fame - 1820-1830
  • troubles and triumphs - 1830-1847
  • last days - 1847-1850
  • postscript.

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