Wordsworth has written some of the world’s great poems for coping with aging.
Tag Archives: William Wordsworth
The Declining English Major
An English prof, sensing obsolescence, turns to “In Memoriam” (also Fowles, Wordsworth & Arnold).
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My Three Book Projects
In which I share my first three sabbatical–I mean retirement–book projects.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Sir Gawai, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, William Shakespeare, Writing Comments closed
Wordsworth Changed How We See Nature
Writer Margaret Drabble explains how Wordsworth changed the way we see the world.
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Derealized or Appareled in Celestial Light?
Wordsworth arrived at the underlying idea of “Intimations of Immortality” from a childhood experience that sounds like what psychology now calls depersonalization-derealization disorder.
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Visit Puerto Rico with Wings of Healing
Read through hurricane-weary eyes, Coleridge’s “Dejection: An Ode” promises soulful hope.
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Wordsworth and a Depressed Philosopher
When utilitarian John Stuart Mill’s philosophy led him into despair, Wordsworth’s poetry saved him.
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