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<p><b>This volume is the first to present Wordsworth's great poem in all three of its forms. It reprints, on facing pages, the version of</b> The Prelude that was completed in 1805, together with the much-revised work published after the poets death in 1850. In addition, the editors include the two-part version of the poem, composed in 1798-99. Each of these poems possesses distinctive qualities and values; to read them together provides an incomparable chance to observe a great poet composing and re-composing, throughout a long life, his major work.</p><p>There are no fewer than seventeen manuscripts of <b>The Prelude</b> in the Wordsworth library at Grasmere. Working with these materials, the editors have prepared an accurate reading version of 1799 and have newly edited from manuscripts the texts of 1805 and 1850-thus freeing the latter poem from the unwarranted alterations made by Wordsworth's literary executors. The editors also provide a text of MS. JJ<br>(Wordsworth's earliest drafts for parts of <b>The Prelude</b>) as well as transcriptions of other important passages in manuscript which Wordsworth failed to include in any fair copy of his poem. The texts are fully annotate

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Author

Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850.

Publisher

Norton, c1979.

Published

1979

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393090710

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Memoir, Fiction

Rating

3.87 / 5 (2,567 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14