William Wordsworth

I. Introduction A. After Blake, one of the first generation B. Biographical—parents --education--travels C. Theory of Poetry 1. Lyrical Ballads 2. intense emotion recollected in tranquility recollected in tranquility

I. Introduction continued 3. WW’s style: observe nature meditate upon observ. meditate upon observ. emotional/intellectual emotional/intellectualopeningObjective----Sense----IdeaSensation---Memory---Thought

I. Introduction (continued) God-- God-- Mind--- Mind--- Matter--- Matter---

I. Introduction continued D. Theory of Nature 1. Nature----human----divine 2. Nature has a divine presence 3. human infuses Nature with meaning, moral (Nature creates human creates Nature [Divine])

II. Tintern Abbey A. To return to a part of nature to regain peace of mind after the disillusionment of shattered ideals B. Sensationsupernatural physical metaphysical natural [Transformation]

II. Tintern Abbey continued C. Five part Movement 1. Part 1 (1—22) 2. Part 2 (23—48) 3. Part 3 (49—58) 4. Part 4 (59—111) 5. Part 5 (the prayer wish for the future)

D. Some Final Interpretations 1. Harold Bloom a.b.c. 2. Michael Cook—relation of past to present

D. Some Final Interpretations 3. Geoffrey Hartman—slow rhythm of the poem=self-exploration and self- understanding 4. Geoff Durrant: thought, object of thought, feeling, and occasion

D. Some Final Interpretations 5. May Levinson: four anniversaries --a house of outgrown egos 6. Carl Wooding—”the mind’s part in the continuous creating of a sublime universe” --Holy Trinity idea --sublimity of humble human beings