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The Mind of a Poet

A Study of Wordsworth's Thought with Particular Reference to "The Prelude"

Raymond Dexter Havens

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Volume 1
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Originally published in 1941. This book stresses the transcendental, rather than purely aesthetic, qualities of William Wordsworth's work. It argues that the unusual aspects of Wordsworth's mind are not isolated and did not seem to him fanciful or merely personal; they were, for him, so many paths, difficult to find and harder to follow, yet leading to the great central truth that is the goal of all humankind's loftier strivings.

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318
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9781421434322
Table of Contents

Table of Sigla, Abbreviations, etc.
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Matter-of-Factness of Wordsworth
Chapter 2. Passion
Chapter 3. The Ministry of Fear
Chapter 4. Solitude, Silence, Loneliness
Chapter 5

Table of Sigla, Abbreviations, etc.
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Matter-of-Factness of Wordsworth
Chapter 2. Passion
Chapter 3. The Ministry of Fear
Chapter 4. Solitude, Silence, Loneliness
Chapter 5. Animism
Chapter 6. Nature
Chapter 7. Anti-Rationalism
Chapter 8. The Mystic Experience
Chapter 9. Religion
Chapter 10. Imagination
Index

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Raymond Dexter Havens

Raymond Dexter Havens was a professor of English at the University of Rochester and the Caroline Donovan Professor of English at Johns Hopkins University. Havens is also the author of The Influence of Milton on English Poetry.