Wordsworth and Beginnings of Modern Poetry

First published in 1981, this study sees WordsworthΓÇÖs work as part of the continuous European struggle to come to terms with consciousness. The author pays particular attention to WordsworthΓÇÖs style and investigates the unstated and unconscious assumptions of that style. He discusses the conflicting feelings that shaped WordsworthΓÇÖs changing conception of The Recluse, offers a new interpretation of his classification of his poems and examines the meaning of one of his favourite images ΓÇö the panoramic view of a valley filled with mist. While the emphasis is on WordsworthΓÇÖs greatness as a poet, the book stresses the importance of significance of his relation to European literature and poetry.