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Wordsworth, William

  1. In Abrams, M.H., ed. English Romantic Poets. New York, Oxford University Press, 1960. pp. 84-143
    Criticism -- Works -- "The Borderers" -- "Excursion" -- -- "Lucy" -- "Ode: Intimations of Immortality" -- "The Prelude" -- "The Recluse" -- "Resolution and Independence" -- "Tintern Abbey"

  2. In Ball, Patricia. The Central Self. London, Athlone P.; Distributed by Constable, 1968. pp. 64-82, plus see index.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "The Borderers" -- "The Excursion" -- "The Idiot Boy" -- Lyrical Ballads -- "The Prelude" -- "The Recluse" -- "The Thorn"

  3. In Battenhouse, Henry M. English Romantic Writers. Woodbury, N.Y., Barron's Educational Series, 1965. pp. 57-90.
    Biography -- Criticism -- Poetry

  4. In Beatty, Jerome. Poetry from Statement to Meaning. New York, Oxford University Press, 1965. pp. 18-21, 113-115, 249-254.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "Lines Composed Upon Westminster Bridge" -- "She was a Phantom of Delight" -- "To the Cuckoo"

  5. In Benziger, James. Images of Eternity. Carbondale, Southern Illinois University Press, 1962. pp. 31-71.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "The Excursion" -- "Ode: Intimations of Immortality" -- "The Prelude" -- "The Recluse" -- Religion in Poetry -- "Tintern Abbey" --

  6. Benziger, James. "Tintern Abbey Revisited." In PMLA, Volume 65, March 1950, pp. 154-162.
    Criticism -- "Tintern Abbey" --

  7. In Bloom, Harold, ed. English Romantic Poetry. Philadelphia : Chelsea House, c2004. pp. 25-42, 265-288.
    Criticism -- Works

  8. In Bloom, Harold, ed. English Romantic Poets. New York : Chelsea House Publishers, 1986. pp. 71-122.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "The Excursion" -- "Ode: Intimations of Immortality" -- "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" (The Daffodils) -- "The Prelude" -- "The Solitary Reaper" -- "To the Small Celandine" -- "Vernal Ode"

  9. In Bloom, Harold. Poetry and Repression. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1976. pp. 52-82.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "Tintern Abbey"

  10. In Bloom, Harold, ed. Romanticism and Consciousness. New York, Norton [1970]. pp. 273-287.
    Criticism -- "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" (The Daffodils) -- The Prelude

  11. In Bloom, Harold. The Western Canon. New York : Harcourt Brace, c1994. pp. 239-253.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "The Old Cumberland Beggar" -- "The Ruined Cottage"

  12. In Bostetter, Edward E. The Romantic Ventriloquists . University of Washington Press, 1963. pp. 12-81.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "The Excursion" -- "Ode: Intimations of Immortality" -- "The Prelude" -- "The Reluse" -- "Resolution and Independence

  13. In Bowra, C.M. The Romantic Imagination. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1961. pp. 76-102, plus see index.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "Ode: Intimations of Immortality"

  14. In Bradley, A.C. Oxford Lectures on Poetry . Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1961. pp. 99-150.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "Alice Fell; or Poverty" -- "The Excursion" -- "Hartleap Well" -- "I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud" (The Daffodils) -- "Ode: Intimations of Immortality" -- "Lucy Gray" -- "The Prelude" -- "Resolution and Independence" -- "The Soliary Reaper" -- "To the Cuckoo -- "Vaudracour and Julia" -- "The Wanderer"

  15. Brooks, Cleanth. "The Intimations of the Ode." In The Kenyon Review, Vol. 8, Winter 1946, pp. 80-102.
    Criticism -- "Ode: Intimations of Immortality"

  16. In Brooks, Cleanth. The Well-Wrought. New York, Harcourt, Brace, 1956. pp. 124-150, plus see index.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "On Westminster Bridge"-- "Ode: Intimations of Immortality"

  17. In Bush, Douglas. Mythology and the Romantic Tradition. New York, Norton, 1963.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "Dion" -- "The Excursion" -- "Ode: Intimations of Immortality" -- "Laodamia" -- "The Prelude" -- "The world is too much with us"

  18. In Coveney, Peter. Poor Monkey: The Child in Literature. London: Rockliff, c1957. pp. 30-45.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "The Prelude"

  19. In Curran, Stuart. Poetic Form and British Romanticism. New York : Oxford University Press, 1986. See index.
    Criticism -- Works -- "The Brothers" -- "The Fountain" -- "Home at Grasmere" -- "(Lines Written a Few Miles Above) Tintern Abbey" -- Memorials of a Tour of the Continent -- Miscellaneous Sonnets -- The Prelude -- River Duddon -- "The Ruined Cottage" -- "The Solitary Reaper" -- "Sonnets Dedicated to Liberty" -- "The Two April Mornings" -- The White Dove of Rylstone

  20. In Daiches, David. Critical History of English Literature. New York, Ronald Press Co., 1970. pp. 875-888.
    Criticism -- Poetry

  21. In De Selincourt, Ernest. Oxford Lectures on Poetry. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1961. pp. 157-179.
    Criticism -- Drama -- "The Borderers" -- Preface to "The Borderers"

  22. In De Selincourt, Ernest. Wordsworthian and Other Studies. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1947. pp. 1-76.
    Biography -- Criticism -- Poetry -- "An Evening Walk" -- "The Prelude" -- "The Vale of Esthwaite"

  23. In Dixon, W. McNeile. An Apology for the Arts. New York : Longmans, Green, 1944. pp. 124-152.
    Criticism -- Works -- "The Excursion" -- Guide Through the District of the Lakes -- "Hart-Leap Well" -- "The Prelude"

  24. In Drew, Elizabeth. Poetry: a Modern Guide to Its Understanding and Enjoyment. New York, W. W. Norton, 1959. See index.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal" -- "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" (The Daffodils) -- "The Prelude" -- "Surprised by Joy" -- "Tintern Abbey"

  25. In Fairchild, Hoxie Neale. The Romantic Quest. New York, Russell & Russell, 1965. pp. 270-290.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "The Excursion" -- Lyrical Ballads -- "Ode to Duty" -- "The Pet Lamb" -- "The Prelude" -- "The Solitary Reaper"

  26. In Fausset, H. I'Anson. Studies in Idealism. Port Washington, N.Y., Kennikat Press, 1965. pp. 165-219.
    Criticism -- Poetry

  27. In Gottfried, Leon. Matthew Arnold and the Romantics. Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 1963. pp. 6-26.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 - Influence.

  28. In Graham, P. Anderson. Nature in Books.Port Washington, N.Y., Kennikat Press, 1970. pp. 174-194.
    Biography -- Works

  29. In Gregory, Horace. The Spirit of Time and Place. New York, Norton, 1973. pp. 73-83.
    Criticism -- Alice in Wonderland -- "Ode: Intimations to Immortality"

  30. Griffin, Andrew L. "Wordsworth and the Problem of Imaginative Story: The Case of Simon Lee." In PMLA, Vol. 92, May 1977, pp. 392-409.
    Criticism -- "Simon Lee"

  31. In Grigson, Geoffrey. Poems and Poets. Chester Springs, Pa., Dufour Editions, 1969. pp. 9-24.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "The Prelude" -- "Resolution and Independence"

  32. In Hancock, Albert Elmer. The French Revolution and the English Poets. Port Washington, N.Y., Kennikat Press, 1967. pp. 119-257.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- France - History - Revolution, 1789-1799 - Literature and the revolution.

  33. In Hardy, John Edward. The Curious Frame. Notre Dame, Ind., University of Notre Dame Press, 1962. pp. 61-81.
    Criticism -- "The Solitary Reaper"

  34. In Harper, George. Literary Appreciations. Freeport, N.Y., Books for Libraries Press, 1970. pp. 152-189.
    Criticism -- Poetry

  35. In Highet, Gilbert. The Powers of Poetry. New York, Oxford University Press, 1960. pp. 228-235.
    Criticism -- "Ode: Intimations to Immortality"

  36. In Hilles, Frederick, ed. From Sensibility to Romanticism. Oxford University Press, 1965. pp. 357-414.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "Animal Tranquility and Decay" -- Lyrical Ballads -- The Matthew Poems -- "The Old Cumberland Beggar" -- "The Ruined Cottage" -- "Tintern Abbey" -- "The Two April Mornings"

  37. In Howe, Irving, ed. Modern Literary Criticism . Boston, Beacon Press, 1958. pp. 377-384.
    Criticism --Works -- "The Borderers" -- France - History - Revolution, 1789-1799 - Literature and the revolution -- "Guilt and Sorrow"

  38. In Jack, Adolphus Alfred. Poetry and Prose. Port Washington, N.Y., Kennikat Press, 1969. pp. 93-121.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "The Happy Warrior" -- Nature in Literature -- "Ode: Intimations of Immortality" -- "The Reverie of Poor Susan" -- "She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways" -- "Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known" -- "The Two April Mornings"

  39. In Kaplan, Fred. Miracles of Rare Device. Detroit, Wayne State University Press, 1972. pp. 29-43, plus see index.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "Tintern Abbey"

  40. In Knight, G. Wilson. The Starlit Dome. New York, Barnes & Noble, 1960. pp. 1-82.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "The Borderers" -- Ecclesiastical Sonnets -- Inscriptions -- Memorials of a Tour in Italy -- Miscellaneous Sonnets -- "Ode: Intimations of Immortality" -- "On the Power of Sound" -- "The Prelude" -- "The River Duddon" -- Sonnets Upon the Punishment of Death --

  41. In Kreuzer, James, ed. Modern Writings on Major English Authors. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1963. pp. 417-442.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- Lyrical Ballads

  42. In Kroeber, Karl. Romantic Narrative Art. Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 1960. pp. 78-114.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "The Excursion" -- "Guilt and Sorrow" -- "Michael" -- "Peter Bell" -- "The Prelude" -- "The Seasons" -- "The White Doe of Rylstone"

  43. In Kumar, Shiv K., ed. British Romantic Poets. New York, New York University Press, 1966. pp. 33-80.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "Ode: Intimations of Immortality" -- "The Prelude"

  44. In Laird, John Philosophical incursions into English literature. New York, Russell & Russell, 1962. pp. 92-115.
    Criticism -- Poetry --

  45. In Langbaum, Robert. The Modern Spirit. New York, Oxford University Press, 1970. pp. 18-36.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "Ode: Intimations of Immortality" -- "The Prelude" -- "Resolution and Independence" -- "Two April Mornings"

  46. In Locke, Louis Glen. Introduction to Literature. New York, Rinehart, 1957. pp. 85-92.
    Criticism -- "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" (The Daffodils) -- "The Solitary Reaper"

  47. In Madariaga, Salvador de. Shelley & Calderon. Port Washington, N. Y., Kennikat Press, 1965. pp. 125-182.
    Criticism -- Poetry

  48. Matthison, J.K. "Wordsworth's Ode." In Studies in Philology , Vol. 46, July 1949, pp. 419-439.
    Criticism -- "Ode: Intimations of Immortality"

  49. In Murry, John Middleton. Selected Criticism, 1916-1917 . London, New York: Oxford University Press, 1960. pp. 127-145.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "The Excursion" -- Keats, John --

  50. In Nemerov, Howard. New & Selected Essays. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c1985. pp. 140-160.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- Blake, William -- "The Prelude"

  51. In Nemerov, Howard. Reflexions on Poetry & Poetics. New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University Press, 1972. pp. 103-126.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- Blake, William -- "The Prelude"

  52. In Piper, H. W. The Active Universe. London University of London, Athlone Press; 1962. pp. 60-84, 106-204.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "Excursion" -- Religion in Literature -- "The Ruined Cottage"

  53. In Praz, Mario. The Hero in Eclipse in Victorian Fiction. Oxford University Press, 1956. pp. 41-54.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "The Idiot Boy" -- Lucy Poems -- "Ode to Duty" -- "Peter Bell"-- "The Prelude" -- "The Redbreast Chasing the Butterfly"

  54. Raysor, Thomas M. "The Themes of Immortality and Natural Piety in Wordsworth's Immortality Ode." In PMLA, September 1954, pp. 861-875.
    Criticism -- "Ode: Intimations of Immortality"

  55. In Renwick, W. L. English Literature 1789-1815. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1963. pp. 139-190, plus see index.
    Criticism -- Poetry

  56. In Rodway, Allan. The Romantic Conflict. London, Chatto & Windus, 1963. pp. 139-158.
    Criticism -- Poetry

  57. In Rossiter, A.P. Angels with Horns. New York, Theatre Arts Books, 1961. pp. 293-311.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "The Prelude" -- Shakespeare, William

  58. In Scott, A.F. The Poet's Craft. Cambridge, England, University Press, 1957. pp. 60-63.
    Criticism -- "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" (The Daffodils)

  59. In Shackford, Martha Hale. Talks on Ten Poets. New York, Bookman Associates, 1958. pp. 9-14.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "Michael"

  60. In Stephen, Leslie. Hours in a Library, Vol. 2. New York, Johnson Reprint Corp., 1968. pp. 270-307.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- Ethics in Literature

  61. In Strachey, Lytton. Spectatorial Essays. New York, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1965. pp. 160-165.
    Criticism -- Poetry

  62. In Trilling, Lionel. The Liberal Imagination. New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979. pp. 123-151.
    Criticism --"Ode: Intimations of Immortality"

  63. In Trilling, Lionel. Prefaces to the Experience of Literature. New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1979. pp. 220-225
    Criticism -- "Resolution and Independence"

  64. In Twitchell, James B. The Living Dead. Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1981. pp. 160-166.
    Criticism -- "Resolution and Independence"

  65. In Wain, John. Contemporary Reviews of Romantic Poetry. Freeport, N.Y., Books for Libraries Press, 1969.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- "The Excursion" -- "The White Doe of Rylstone"

  66. In Williams, Raymond. The Country and the City. New York, Oxford University Press, 1973. See index.
    Criticism -- Poetry

  67. In Woodhouse, A.S.P. The Poet and His Faith. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1965. pp. 170-192.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- Ecclesiastical Sonnets -- "The Excursion" -- -- "Ode: Intimations of Immortality" -- "The Prelude" -- Religion in Poetry -- "Tintern Abbey"

 

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