PREFACE TO LYRICAL BALLDS William Wordworth’s views of poetry and the poet Alessandra Giolo -5c- A.S. 2009-2010
PREFACE TO LYRICAL BALLADS The Preface to lyrical Ballads is a text of literary criticism and it is considered the Manifesto of Romanticism. It deals with: The content f poetry The language of poetry The identity of the poet The definition of the poetry Alessandra Giolo -5c- A.S. 2009-2010
Alessandra Giolo -5c- A.S. 2009-2010 THE CONTENT OF POETRY Incidents and situation from common life, low and rustic life Describe this fact with immagination To make them interesting by tracing in them the way we associate ideas in a state of excitement Ordinary things presented in unusual aspect Alessandra Giolo -5c- A.S. 2009-2010
Alessandra Giolo -5c- A.S. 2009-2010 LANGUAGE OF THE POEM Language really used by man Familiar, plain and simple The language of low classes should be purified from defects and disgusts Alessandra Giolo -5c- A.S. 2009-2010
THE IDENTITY OF THE POET He is a men speaking to men He is more lively sensubily, with a great knowledge of human nature, a more comprehensive soul He is impelled to create passions where he does not find them. Alessandra Giolo -5c- A.S. 2009-2010
THE DEFINITION OF POETRY It is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings Poetry is born out of emotions recollected in tranquillity Poetry’s ultimate goal is pleasure Alessandra Giolo -5c- A.S. 2009-2010