Some observations on Wordsworth's achievement in sonnet

Gubb, Linette Reay

Title: Some observations on Wordsworth's achievement in sonnet
Creator: Gubb, Linette Reay
Subject: Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850. Sonnets
Date: 1982
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MA
Identifier: vital:2270
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006346
Identifier: Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850. Sonnets
Description: From preface: This study seeks to give a perspective on Wordsworth's achievement in sonnet, taking into account all the sonnets he wrote, from the outburst of sonneteering in 1802 to the final decade (1840-1850). My chief concern has been to trace Wordsworth's handling of form and theme throughout his poetic career. A subordinate but related concern has been to try to show that Wordsworth's powers do not diminish after 1815, a date which is sometimes regarded as marking the beginning of the poet's "decline" ~ Wordsworth’s skill in blank verse and in other types of lyric is widely acknowledged; his dexterity in the sonnet form is less well recognized or thought to be limited to fewer poems (usually those of the earlier years) than there actually are. As a result, his performance in sonnet is sometimes underestimated, there being more sonnet concerns and structural patterns than the well-known few reflect. It is possible that Wordsworth's own ambiguous attitude to the genre as expressed in his prose writings, together with his insistence that his sonnets were not amongst the best of his poems, has helped to foster such a view. His practice in sonnet, however, proves that his genius is as evident in some of these poems as it is elsewhere, whether he esteemed them less or not.
Format: 217 pages, pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University, Faculty of Humanities, English
Language: English
Rights: Gubb, Linette Reay

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