Wordsworth & Coleridge Lyrical Ballads (Reprinted with Corrections 1996) [Paperback]

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William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with this publication.

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• Paperback: 179 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Second 1969 edition (1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0199110069
• ISBN-13: 978-0199110063
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #731,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A seminal work in English literature, May 30, 2000

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This review is from: Wordsworth & Coleridge Lyrical Ballads (Reprinted with Corrections 1996) (Paperback)

This collaboration between Wordsworth and Coleridge signaled the beginning of Romanticism in English poetry and announced all the important themes and techniques of the movement: the healing power of nature and art, the importance of "ordinary" man and woman, the pervasiveness of the supernatural in everday life, etc. The book also broke old rules by incorporating prosaic, common language in the poems.

Sometimes the poems are mawkish and strain for effect, but for the most part they are powerful and moving. Most famous of Coleridge's contributions, of course, is "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", with its admonition to respect ALL of God's creation. But even lovelier is "The Nightingale", a paen to the restorative power of art.

Wordsworth's most famous contribution is "Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey", but he also submits several excellent narrative poems with supernatural themes.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The great groundbreaking work of English Romantic poetry, October 21, 2004

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This review is from: Wordsworth & Coleridge Lyrical Ballads (Reprinted with Corrections 1996) (Paperback)

This volume contains one of the greatest collaborations in literary history. Coleridge wrote of the supernatural and distant, and Wordsworth of the everyday and near in Nature. Coleridge wrote his poetic masterwork ,