William Wordsworth, Child of Nature, Child of the Century: The Crisis of The Prelude in European Context.
When he first heard in May of 1804 that Bonaparte intended to declare himself emperor, Beethoven famously tore off the dedication page of his third ('Eroica') symphony. In roughly the same time-frame during 1804–05 Wordsworth was coming to the conclusion of his first full version of The Prelude (com...
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Oct2024
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