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The Prelude: 1799, 1805, 1850: A Norton Critical Edition

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The Prelude: 1799, 1805, 1850: A Norton Critical Edition - Wordsworth, William, and Abrams, M H (Editor), and Gill, Stephen (Editor)
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This volume is the first to present Wordsworth's great poem in all three of its forms. It reprints, on facing pages, the version of The Prelude that was completed in 1805, together with the much-revised work published after the poets death in 1850. In addition, the editors include the two-part version of the poem, composed in 1798-99. Each of these poems possesses distinctive qualities and values; to read them together provides an incomparable chance to observe a great poet composing and re-composing, throughout a long ...

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The Prelude: 1799, 1805, 1850: A Norton Critical Edition 1979, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780393090710

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