The excursion : being a portion of the recluse, a poem.
William Wordsworth (Author), Thomas Davison (Printer), Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown (Publisher)
Wordsworth's longest poem, and the only part of a projected magnum opus to be published in his lifetime, The Excursion has been neglected in favor of its autobiographical companion, The Prelude. It is however one of the great works of English Romanticism, in which Wordsworth succeeds in his object of conveying clear thoughts, lively images, and strong feelings. Through the semi-dramatic adoption of various selves he narrates the stories of a range of Lake District inhabitants, most famously in the tragic tale of the ruined cottage; airs views on the French and Industrial Revolutions (attacking the factory system and advocating universal state education); and meditates on Man, Nature, and Society
Print Book, English, 1814
Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row, London, 1814
poems
xx pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 447 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 28 cm
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Book first: The wanderer
Book second: The solitary
Book third: Despondency
Book fourth: Despondency corrected
Book fifth: The pastor
Book sixth: The church-yard among the mountains
Book seventh: The church-yard among the mountains, continued
Book eighth: The parsonage
Book ninth: Discourse of the wanderer, &c
First edition (see: Cornell Wordsworth collection)
"Essay upon epitaphs", prose, originally published in the Friend, Feb. 22, 1810, included in Notes (pages 431-446)
Includes errata (unnumbered page 1 at beginning)
Signatures: [a]-b⁴, c², B-3L⁴