Every great Poet is a Teacher; I wish to be considered as a Teacher or as nothing. So wrote William Wordsworth in 1808. This book examines the poet's several methods and aims as a teacher in a variety of his poems; his trust in, and high expectations for, his reader's mental activity; and his part in a significant shift in artistic taste and awareness which still affects us all. It is a study of a great poet's lifelong effort, as he said, to teach as Nature teaches by setting the human mind in motion.
| ISBN: | 9780820410128 |
| Publication date: | 1st August 1989 |
| Author: | Gordon Kent Thomas |
| Publisher: | P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 232 pages |
| Series: | American University Studies. |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 |