Disowned by Memory

Rethinking the popular conception of Wordsworth as the first of the dreamy-eyed, nature-loving, navel-gazing modern poets, this study looks at formative events in Wordsworth`s early life--including the deaths of his parents and the French Revolution--and argues that those events led the poet to develop a radical sympathy with the outcast and the ignored. This book was a New York Times Notable Book in 1999. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.