William wordsworth 7 april 1770 23 april 1850 was an english romantic poet who, with samuel taylor coleridge, helped launch the romantic age in english literature with their 1798 joint publication, lyrical ballads. Born in england in 1770, poet william wordsworth worked with samuel taylor coleridge on lyrical ballads 1798. A chronological survey of wordsworths writing is given here as well as attention to the facts of his. Hunter davies also draws upon pdf his own knowledge of the lake district, which featured so strongly in wordsworths life, to present a complete portrait of englands best known poet. He fell in love with a french woman, annette vallon, who, in 1792, gave birth to their. Wordsworth s parents were john wordsworth, a legal agent for james lowther, 1st earl of lonsdale and collector of customs at whitehaven, and his wife, ann cookson. Start your 48hour free trial to unlock this william wordsworth. Johns college, cambridge, where he is an indifferent student. In the summer vacation of 1790 he made a pedestrian tour through france and switzerland, and in november 1791 returned to.
Wordsworth was britains poet laureate from 1843 until his death in 1850. In this lesson, youll learn about william wordsworth, one of the founders and chief architects of the romantic poetry movement in england and. William wordsworth 7 april 1770 23 april 1850 was an english romantic poet who, with. During his life wordsworth calls the unpublished work the poem to coleridge. He lost his mother when he was 7 and his father when he was, upon which the orphan boys were sent off by guardian uncles to a grammar school at hawkshead, a village in the heart of the lake district. In 1802, the peace of amiens allowed wordsworth to return to france and met his daughter for the first and only time. William wordsworth biography life, childhood, death, history. He went to school first at penrith and then at hawkshead grammar school before studying, from 1787, at st johns college, cambridge all of which periods were later to be described vividly in the prelude. Pdf the aim of this paper is to examine wordsworths poem the prelude in the sense of being autobiographical. William wordsworth we are seventimeline of william.
Stephen gills biography of william wordsworth is a carefully considered, detailed and incredibly readable account of the poets life and most importantly his works. John worthens engaging new biography of wordsworth begins by quoting the poets recollection of himself at around the age of 10, surveying tall trees, black chasms, and dizzy crags. William wordsworth was born on april 7, 1770, in cookermouth, cumberland, england, the second child of an attorney. Wordsworth have set the scholarly standard for wordsworths texts, yet few students or general readers, and only a minority of scholars, are likely to own these costly library editions. William wordsworth wordsworth, william, 17701850 the. Poet william wordsworth was born on april 7, 1770, in cockermouth, cumberland, england.
Life william wordsworth was born in april 7 1770 in cumberland now called cumbria, in the english lake district, where he spent his childhood and most of his. Many of the english romantic writers are sometimes called lake poets because of their association with this area. He is remembered as a poet of spiritual and epistemological speculation, a poet concerned with the human relationship to nature and a fierce advocate of using. The complete poetical works william wordsworth wordsworth was a defining member of the english romantic movement. These journals, the first of which was started in 1798, are written in delicate, exquisite diction, and describe the wordsworth household, friends, and travels. About william wordsworth wordsworth was born at cockermouth, cumbria, in 1770, the son of an attorney.
Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. William wordsworth wordsworth, william, 17701850 online books about this author are available, as is a wikipedia article wordsworth, william, 17701850. Wordsworth was born on 7 april 1770 in cockermouth, in northwest england. Like a window into their daytoday life, williamwordsworth census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more. William wordsworth biography life, childhood, death. William wordsworth was a british writer who, with samuel taylor coleridge, authored lyrical ballads. The second of five children born to john wordsworth and ann cookson. William wordsworth and his sister dorothy move back to lake district and settle in the village of grasmere. William wordsworth was the second of the five children born to john wordsworth and ann cookson. The world is too much with us by william poetry foundation. The son of john and ann cookson wordsworth, william wordworth was born on april 7, 1770 in cockermouth, cumberland, located in the lake district of. His sister, the poet and diarist dorothy wordsworth, to whom he was close all his life, was born the following year.
Early life the second of five children born to john wordsworth and ann cookson, william wordsworth was born on 7 april 1770 in wordsworth house in cockermouth, cumberland1part of the scenic region in northwest england, the lake district. In a preface to the second edition, wordsworth warns the audience that they will either love or hate his new style of poetry. Annotation is confined largely to reproducing the notes wordsworth. He is best known for ushering in the romantic age in english literature with the joint publication of lyrical ballads with samuel taylor coleridge in 1798. The two siblings were baptized together, which marked the beginning of a lifelong closeness. Collected reading texts from the cornell wordsworth 3 vols, jared curtis. The standard biographies are mary moorman, william wordsworth. William was born on april 7, 1770, in the lake district, a land in the northwest of. Long considered the best biography on wordsworth, its hard to disagree. His father, john wordsworth, introduced the young william to the great poetry of milton and shakespeare, but he was frequently absent during williams childhood.
He is best known for ushering in the romantic age in english literature with the joint publication of lyrical ballads with samuel taylor coleridge in. On returning to england, wordsworth married his wife mary and had five children with her. There are 3,000 census records available for the last name williamwordsworth. William wordsworth 7 april 1770 23 april 1850 was an english romantic poet who, with samuel taylor coleridge, helped to launch the romantic age in english literature with their joint publication lyrical ballads 1798 wordsworth s magnum opus is generally considered to be the prelude, a semiautobiographical poem of his early years that he revised and expanded a number of times. Unlike the other major english romantic poets, he enjoyed a happy childhood under the loving care of his mother and was very close to his sister dorothy. Hunter davies also draws upon pdf his own knowledge of the lake district, which featured so strongly in wordsworth s life, to present a complete portrait of englands best known poet. The occasion of their meeting is captured in it is a beauteous evening, calm and free. Williams sister, the poet and diarist dorothy wordsworth, to whom he was close all his life, was born the following year, and the two were. Internet archive contributor university of california libraries language english volume 2. While his politics certainly did change, and his poetic power waned, from 1799 almost to his death in 1850, wordsworth singlemindedly shaped his own life in submission to an imaginative possession whose importance he never doubted. A life study guide and get instant access to the following summary. It may be said that wordsworth differs from all other poets in the sense that he puts upon the moral influence of nature.
Life wordsworths house in cockermouth, cumberland born in cockermouth in cumberland in 1770. Instead, wordsworth was brought up by his mothers parents in penrith. William wordsworth timeline and biography timeline 1770 wordsworth is born in the lake district. He is known to have played several contributions to literature and poetry in particular. William wordsworth was born on april 7, 1770, in cockermouth, cumberland, a small quiet market town in northwest england, on the edge of the lake district. William wordsworth was a famous english poet who played a central role in the english romantic movement. William wordsworth biography childhood, life achievements. He was an english romantic poet who, with samuel taylor colleridge, helped to launch the romantic age in english literature with the publication of lyrical ballads. England famous for its mountain and lake scenery, its small.
He declares that nature is a teacher whose wisdom we can learn if we. William wordsworth was born and lived much of his life among these lakes. He viewed it as a cosmic power impelling all natural things toward perfection, and in humanity it culminates in the desire for immortality. Both wordsworths parents died before he was 15, and he. He may be the least fascinating personally of the romantic poets although there is plenty for a psychologist to unpack if they read between the lines, but his impact was real. William wordsworth article about william wordsworth by. Both wordsworths parents died before he was 15, and he and his four siblings were left in the care. Pdf it is very hard to describe wordsworths poetry. He was the second of five children born to john and ann cookson wordsworth. For wordsworth, nature is endowed with personality the mighty being. For that which moves with light and life informed, actual, divine, and true. Thus from the very beginning he was associated with that region which he loved more than any other, and except for brief sojourns in britain, germany, and italy, he never left his beloved.
Wordsworth, born in his beloved lake district, was the son of an attorney. William wordsworth bio, facts, family famous birthdays. His father, a lawyer, taught him poetry and allowed him access to his library. He has begun work on an autobiographical poem about his experience in france. His sister, the poet and diarist dorothy wordsworth, to whom he was close all his life, was born the. William wordsworths the world is too much with us is a romantic sonnet that can be broken into two parts. In the summer vacation of 1790 he made a pedestrian tour through france and. Pdf wordsworths great creative period is the poem published after his death in 1850, under the title of the prelude. William wordsworth 7 april 1770 23 april 1850 was born in cockermouth, cumberland, part of the scenic region in northwest england, the lake district. Wordsworth himself wrote ahead to soften the thoughts of the. William wordsworth biography, life, interesting facts. William wordsworth was born 7 april 1770 in cockermouth, england, a village in the northwest county of cumberland. The second of five children born to john wordsworth and ann cookson, william wordsworth was born on 7 april 1770 in what is now named wordsworth house in cockermouth, cumberland, part of the scenic region in northwestern england known as the lake district. Wordsworth ceases to please, clothing his ideas in language not simple, but puerile.
Like other romantics, wordsworths personality and poetry were deeply influenced by his love of nature, especially by the sights and scenes of. Wordsworth was born in the lake district of northern england, the second of five children of a modestly prosperous estate manager. William wordsworth william wordsworth biography poem. William wordsworth was born on 7 april 1770 at cockermouth in cumbria.
William wordsworth 7 april 1770 23 april 1850 william wordsworth was born on 7 april 1770. William wordsworth17701850 wordsworth, born in his beloved lake district, was the son of an attorney. Read this brief biography to find more on his life. In 1795, in london, he met the philosopher godwin and the poet samuel taylor coleridge, thus beginning of a great friendship of literary history. And, occupying the center of this metaphor are the several attempts to write the story of his inner life as a poet, here represented in the three versions of the prelude. William wordsworth was one of the founders of english romanticism and one its most central figures and important intellects. William wordsworth was born at cockermouth, cumberland, on april 7, 1770, and was educated at hawkshead grammar school and at cambridge.
The extraordinary haunting voice, so moralistic and yet so eerie, so stern yet so guiltily vulnerable, so ghostly and so dull at once, at times. Poems wordsworth, 1815volume 2 wikisource, the free. The speaker tells us in the first part that we have lost our connection with nature, and that that connection was one of our most important relationships. Wordsworths sister, dorothy wordsworth, 17711855, is known principally for her poems and for her journals, which have proved invaluable for later biographies and studies of the poet. He is known to have ushered the romantic age in english literature. Wordsworth lives in grasmere for the rest of his life. Moreover, gill corrects the image of the older wordsworth as a stodgy betrayer of his radical youth. Both parents were dead by the time he was thirteen, a loss recorded in the early part of the prelude where he describes with vivid intensity his growing up. William wordsworth was a great and famous poet that is known all over the world.