The Cambridge Companion to 'Lyrical Ballads' (Cambridge Companions to Literatur

The Cambridge Companion to 'Lyrical Ballads'Author(s): Sally Bushell\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108416320, 978-1108416320\nSynopsis\nLyrical Ballads [tel] is a work of huge cultural and literary significance. The volume of poetry, in which Coleridge's Rime of the Ancyent Marinere and Wordsworth's Lines written above Tintern Abbey were first published, lies at the heart of British Romanticism, establishing a poetics of powerful feeling, that is, nonetheless, expressed in direct, conversational language and exploring the everyday realities of common life. This engaging, accessible collection provides a comprehensive overview of current approaches to Lyrical Ballads, enabling readers to find fresh ways of understanding and responding to the volume. Sally Bushell's introduction explores how the Preface to the second edition [tel] became a potent manifesto for the Romantic movement. Broad in s.