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19 de nov. de 2015 · Reading “The Prelude” is one of the great moral/aesthetic experiences of Romantic–or, for that matter, English or world–literature. One might expect to profitably spend days, weeks, an entire season doing so.
The Prelude constitutes the most significant English expression of the Romantic discovery of the self as a topic for art and literature. The poem also makes much of the work of memory, a theme explored as well in the “ Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood.”
William Wordsworth’s “The Prelude” is an autobiographical poem that was written in 1798-99 and revised several times until its final version in 1850. The poem is considered to be one of the most significant works of the Romantic era and is often regarded as Wordsworth’s masterpiece.
The following poems, poets, articles, poem guides, and recordings offer introductory samples of the Romantic era. Included are the monumental Romantic poets often nicknamed “the Big Six”—the older generation of Blake, Wordsworth, and Coleridge and the so-called Young Romantics—Byron, Shelley, and Keats.
However, in general the romantic movement later lost support for the revolution when it turned violent, seeing it as evidence of humanity’s innate evil. The poet’s aim was to write a three part autobiographical epic called “The Recluse”, with The Prelude being the first volume of 400 pages.
William Wordsworth’s “The Prelude” is a long autobiographical poem that he worked on throughout his life. The two-part prologue serves as an introduction to the larger work and provides insight into Wordsworth’s poetic philosophy and personal experiences.
Prelude, musical composition, usually brief, that is generally played as an introduction to another, larger musical piece. The term is applied generically to any piece preceding a religious or secular ceremony, including in some instances an operatic performance. In the 17th century, organists in.
