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In the novel Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, Austen parodies Gothic fiction in the Romantic era of literature. At the beginning of the novel, nothing hints to the readers about a potential villain or villainess that will seek to use or to oppose our “Gothic heroine” Catherine. She seems to go about her days asContinue reading “Who’s The Villain in Northanger Abbey?”

In William Wordsworth’s piece “Preface to Lyrical Ballads”, he discusses how he views poetry, poets, and the importance of pure human emotion. He also explains why he wrote these poems, and why they were supposed to be so drastically different than the popular works of the time. As far as poets go, he believed theyContinue reading

There are things that stick out to me in the wordy definition of Wordsworth’s “Lyrical Ballads”. The first is, “But Poets do not write for Poets alone, but for men…the Poet must express himself as other men express themselves.” (191). This idea being that regardless of one’s education, the common person can read and reflectContinue reading “Wordsworth & “Lime-tree Prison””

Kayli Dutton Theresa Traver English 277 31 January  Blog Post 1     William Wordsworth was one of the leading poets during the Age of Romanticism. During his years as a writer in the 18th century, Wordsworth had an interesting and (at the time), radical outlook for how the literary art of poetry was meant toContinue reading “Wordsworth and the Age of Romanticism”

I chose to look at Coleridge’s poem, Lime-Tree Bower My Prison, in the context of “Preface to Lyrical Ballads”.  This poem does fit the purpose of the preface and can serve as a model of the stated objectives of both Wordsworth and Coleridge.  In this preface Wordsworth highlights the importance of common language defining theirContinue reading “Lime-Tree Bower My Prison”

Frustrated with common poetic themes and formats, William Wordsworth wrote “Preface to Lyrical Ballad” and in his essay he introduces his ideals for poetry. Among these ideals he defines poetry as “writing in verse an author makes a formal engagement that he will gratify certain known habits of association” (Preface Woodsworth). Woodsworth stresses quite aContinue reading “Lucy Gray”

In “Preface to Lyrical Ballads” William Woodsworth sets the foundation for what he defines as good poetry. For Woodsworth, he saw the poets of his time focusing their poems far too much on how they were writing them rather than what they were writing. He saw this poetic diction as a deterrent with a classContinue reading “Woodsworth Blog #1 by Kelsey Gutierrez”

In the poem Lucy Gray we can see Wordsworth’s ideas of what poetry should be in full view. The first is that of nature and life, as we discussed in class, sadly it seemed that it was common for villages to have missing children stories where children leave and never return, and this poem showsContinue reading “Lucy Gray”

“ Lucy Gray” by William Wordsworth relates to the same ideals he conveys in “ Preface to Lyrical Ballad.” For instance, the poem has a simple and easy vocabulary that constantly repeats in order to explain the folktale of Lucy Gray.  It also presents the poet’s feelings towards Lucy’s story in a straight forward manner.Continue reading “Blog Post #1: Lucy Gray”