英国文学Williamwordsworth

1、william wordsworth william wordsworths life storyearly life and education- he was born in april 7th 1770, in england- his sister, dorothy was born in december 25th 1771- after the death of their mother, they were separated by their father- wordsworth began attending st johns college, cambridge in 17

2、87 william wordsworths life storyrelationship with annette vallon- in november 1791, wordsworth visited to france- fell in love with a french woman, annette vallon- lack of money and britains tensions with france made him return alone to england the next year - during this period, he wrote his accla

3、imed “ it is a beauteous evening, calm and free, recalling his seaside walk with his daughter, whom he had not seen for ten years william wordsworths life storyfirst publication and lyrical ballads- 1793 saw wordsworths first published poetry and received a legacy of 900 from raisley calvert in 1795

4、.- in 1795, he met samuel taylor coleridge, with whom wordsworth quickly developed close friendship- in 1797, wordsworth and dorothy moved to somerset, near coleridges home in nether stowey - wordsworth and coleridge (with insights from dorothy) produced lyrical ballads in 1798, an important work in

5、 the english romantic movement- the second edition, published in 1800, had only wordsworth listed as author, and included a preface to the poems- a fourth and final edition of lyrical ballads was published in 1805 william wordsworths life storygermany and move to the lake district- in the autumn of

6、1798, wordsworth, dorothy, and coleridge travelled to germany- during the harsh winter of 17981799, wordsworth lived with dorothy in goslar, and despite extreme stress and loneliness, he began working on an autobiographical piece later titled the prelude - he also wrote a number of famous poems, inc

7、luding the lucy poems”- he and his sister moved back to england, now to dove cottage in grasmere in the lake district, nearby a fellow poet robert southey - wordsworth, coleridge, and southey came to be known as the lake poets” - through this period, many of his poems revolve around themes of death,

8、 endurance, separation, and grief william wordsworths life storyautobiographical work and poems in two volumes- wordsworth had plans to write a long philosophical poem, which he intended to call the recluse- in 179899 he had started an autobiographical poem, which he called the poem to coleridge, wh

9、ich would serve as an appendix to the recluse- in 1804 he began expanding this autobiographical work, having decided to make it a prologue rather than an appendix to the recluse- by 1805, he had completed it, but refused to publish until he had completed the whole of the recluse- in 1807, his poems

10、in two volumes were published - for a time (starting in 1810), wordsworth and coleridge were estranged over the latters opium addiction- in 1812, two of his children, thomas and catherine, died- the following year, he received an appointment as distributor of stamps- his family, including dorothy, m

11、oved to rydal mount, ambleside, where he spent the rest of his life william wordsworths life storythe prospectus- in 1814 he published the excursion as the second part of the three-part the recluse - he also wrote a poetic prospectus to the recluse in which he lays out the structure and intent of th

12、e poem- by 1820 he enjoyed the success accompanying a reversal in the contemporary critical opinion of his earlier works- by 1828, wordsworth had become fully reconciled to coleridge, and the two toured the rhineland together that year william wordsworths life storythe poet laureate and other honors

13、- wordsworth received an honorary doctor of civil law degree in 1838 from durham university, and the same honor from oxford university the next year- in 1842 the government awarded him a civil list pension amounting to 300 a year- with the death in 1843 of robert southey, wordsworth became the poet

14、laureatewilliam wordsworths life storydeath-william wordsworth died in rydal mount in 1850 and was buried at st. oswalds church in grasmere - his widow published his lengthy autobiographical poem to coleridge as the prelude several months after his death- though this failed to arouse great interest

15、in 1850, it has since come to be recognized as his masterpiece my heart leaps upmy heart leaps up when i behold my heart leaps up when i behold a rainbow in the skya rainbow in the skyso was it when my life beganso was it when my life beganso is it now i am a manso is it now i am a manso be it when

16、i shall grow oldso be it when i shall grow oldor let me die!or let me die!the child is father of the manthe child is father of the manand i could wish my days to beand i could wish my days to bebound each to each by natural pietybound each to each by natural piety my heart leaps upmy heart leaps up

17、when i beholdmy heart leaps up when i beholdmy heart feels so high when i see a rainbow in the sky wordsworth expresses his desire to be a part of the rainbow and its magnificence.* leap - jump ; when your heart leaps up, you experience a sudden, very strong feeling of surprise or happiness.* behold

18、 - see my heart leaps upso was it when my life began so was it when my life began when i was young, i was very happy when i saw a rainbow.so is it now i am a manso is it now i am a mannow i grow up, im still very happy when i see a rainbow. this line insinuates that wordsworth found life to be beaut

19、iful and still believes so to this day.*so was it it was so my heart leaps upso be it when i shall grow oldso be it when i shall grow oldwhen i am old, i hope that ill still be excited when i see a rainbow.or let me die!or let me die!if i dont, just let me die. wordsworth claims that he would rather

20、 die than lose his wonder of the world. this represents his fervent wish to maintain pure love for nature. my heart leaps upthe child is father of the manthe child is father of the man this is a famous line for paradoxical expression. father means fatherly or fatherlike. child is fatherly to adult.

21、this line suggests that the child produces the man. the man is made from childhood experiences. the past is the father of the present. and i could wish my days to beand i could wish my days to bebound each to each by natural pietybound each to each by natural pietyi wish i can be joyful over natural

22、 beauty through out my life.wordsworth hopes that he will always appreciate the wonders of nature throughout his life. he treats the feelings of wonder, joy and awe at the sight of beautiful things as a manifestation of “piety” in the sense of reverence for gods creations.* be bound by st.- the thin

23、g is its most important aspects and it is limited or restricted by that thing. my heart leaps uplyrical ballad - it is a brief, often musical expression of the speakers emotion.theme - he hopes never to lose adoration of nature like a child as he grows old. - represents the relationship of the child

24、 to the world, and, consequently, with the relationship of the adult to the child, and through the child the relationship of the adult to nature. rhyme scheme a b c c a b c d e for many of the romantics, the memories or visions of an idyllic childhood become a powerful emotive force as they aspired

25、for life of greater harmony and simplicity. my heart leaps upsymbolism - the concept of the rainbow can be construed as hope, promises or even a fulfilled dream. - some cultures believe that the rainbow is a bridge to the afterlife, one for dead heroes to cross to reach paradise, or valhalla. - the

26、poem as a whole is symbolic of the beauty of nature and romanticism. i wandered lonely as a cloud i wandered lonely as a cloud i wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high oer vales and hills, that floats on high oer vales and hills, when all at once i saw a crowd, when all at once i saw a crowd

27、, a host, of golden daffodils; a host, of golden daffodils; beside the lake, beneath the trees, beside the lake, beneath the trees, fluttering and dancing in the breeze. fluttering and dancing in the breeze. continuous as the stars that shine continuous as the stars that shine and twinkle on the mil

28、ky way, and twinkle on the milky way, they stretched in never-ending line they stretched in never-ending line along the margin of a bay: along the margin of a bay: ten thousand saw i at a glance, ten thousand saw i at a glance, tossing their heads in sprightly dance. tossing their heads in sprightly

29、 dance. i wandered lonely as a cloudthe waves beside them danced, but thethe waves beside them danced, but they y out-did the sparkling waves in glee:out-did the sparkling waves in glee:a poet could not but be gay, a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company: in such a jocund company: i ga

30、zed - and gazed - but little thought i gazed - and gazed - but little thought what wealth the show to me had brougwhat wealth the show to me had brought:ht:for oft, when on my couch i lie for oft, when on my couch i lie in vacant or in pensive mood, in vacant or in pensive mood, they flash upon that

31、 inward eye they flash upon that inward eye which is the bliss of solitude;which is the bliss of solitude;and then my heart with pleasure fills, and then my heart with pleasure fills, and dances with the daffodils.and dances with the daffodils. i wandered lonely as a cloudthe four six-line stanzas o

32、f this poem follow a quatrain- couplet rhyme scheme like ababcceach line is metered in iambic tetrameter. each stanza represents meeting, familiarity, joy and pleasure of sympathy. - introduction, development, turn and conclusionthe theme of this poem is the pleasure of sympathy with nature.using me

33、taphors and similes creates imageries of daffodils - the reverse personification. i wandered lonely as a cloudi wandered lonely as a cloud i wandered lonely as a cloud - a simile comparing the wondering of a man to a cloud drifting through the sky that looks lonely.i saw a crowd, a host, of golden d

34、affodilsi saw a crowd, a host, of golden daffodils - a metaphor to compare the daffodils to a crowd of people and a host of angels. - meeting daffodils.tossing their heads in sprightly dance. tossing their heads in sprightly dance. - personifying daffodils.this technique implies an inherent unity be

35、tween man and nature, making it one of wordsworths most basic and effective methods for instilling in the reader the feeling the poet so often describes himself as experiencing. i wandered lonely as a cloud this poem shows the process through which a poem is created. wordsworths definition of poetry

36、, in lyrical ballads preface: the spontaneous overflow of feelings and emotions recollected in tranquility. - the last stanza of this poem proves that only in a quiet atmosphere, when he is alone, and through his imagination (inward eye) he can remember an experience happened to him in the past and

37、consequently that remembered thing can be the source of happiness for him. this poem is about the ideal state in which romantics of wordsworths caliber believed to be as close to utopia as one could achieve. i wandered lonely as a cloud this poem is about the ideal state in which romantics of wordsw

38、orths caliber believed to be as close to utopia as one could achieve.which is the bliss of solitude; which is the bliss of solitude; it was thought that only within nature lay an ideal state, where one could be free without restraint and in a constant state of serenity in ones own loneliness, accomp

39、anied only by their own contemplative musings as companionship; such a state was considered to be as close to heaven as one could accomplish. neoclassicism and romanticism 1740-1850 these two styles of literature were considered enemies. one wanted to portray the absolute truthof life and the other

40、wanted to depict reality through images of the wild and raw emotions thatprevailed after the revolution. a vast gulf existed between them and the debate was often longand bitter, but in the end romanticism emerged as the dominant style of this period. rousseaudescarteswhat neoclassicism iswas born o

41、ut of a rejection of the rocco and late baroque styles in the middle ofthe 18th century.these artists wanted a style that could convey serious moral ideas such asjustice, honor, and patriotism. the movement was a profoundly educational one, for its devotees believed that the fine arts could and shou

42、ld spread knowledge and enlightenment.public and political concerns, social responsibility, manners & morals; the proper study of mankind is man (alexander pope) absolute, public, rational, humanistwas concerned with the expression of the individuals feelings and emotions. is an artistic, litera

43、ry, and intellectual movement that originated around the middle of the 18th century in western europe, during the industrial revolution. was partly a revolt against aristocratic, social, and political norms of the enlightenment periodreaction against the scientific rationalization of nature in art a

44、nd literature. arguing for an epistemology based on nature emphasized intuition, imagination, and feeling, to a point that has led to some romantic thinkers being accused of irrationalism. private, spiritual, universal through spirit in nature and in humankindits being prospered by publishing athenu

45、m() by brothers schlegel in germany and lyrical ballads by wordsworth and coleridge in british.what romanticism isneoclassicismneoclassicismromanticismromanticismperiodperiodlate 17c late 18c1660-1798late 18c early 19c1798-1837representative a poetthomas gray john drydenalexander pope william wordsw

46、orthjohn keatspercy bysshe shelley, characteristiccharacteristicreason and rationalitysense and sensibilityuniversalityimaginativepublic order and disciplinesymbol and intimationthinking about naturethinking about naturenature is being of imitationnature is friend and being of enjoyingdifference of

47、neoclassicism and romanticismis a collection of poems by william wordsworth and samuel taylor coleridgeis typically considered to have marked the beginning of the romantic movement in literature.is kind of innovativebring poetry within the reach of the average man by writing the verses using normal, everyday language one of the main themes of lyrical ballads is the return to the original state of naturepurpose of it is to illustrate the manner in which our feelings and id