The panel reads the first book of William Wordsworth’s “The Prelude”, discussing the intention of the overall work, with special attention to the presentation of childhood freedom, the intellectual work of writing poetry, and existential dread.
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CR Episode 119: Pope and Wordsworth in Conversation
The panel reads two Pope’s ‘An Essay on Man’ and Wordsworth’s ‘Tintern Abbey’ in conversation with one another–looking at the similarities of their conclusions and the difference in their approaches–as they address the roles of Man, Nature, and God.
CR Episode 16: Lyrical Ballads, Part II
The panel begins to cross over from Wordsworth to Coleridge in the second of three episodes focused on Lyrical Ballads, addressing the role of nature, emotional state, and parenthood in both Wordsworth’s “The Mad Mother” and Coleridge’s “The Nightingale”.
CR Episode 15: Lyrical Ballads, Part I
The panel discusses Romanticism and begins a three-week examination of selected poems from Lyrical Ballads, the experimental collection by Wordsworth and Coleridge. This week’s selections are Wordsworth’s “The Female Vagrant” and “Tintern Abbey”.