The cambridge companion to british roman 407

seen as the definitive representation of the Romantic
era 247
as text 70
“Preface” to Lyrical Ballads 8
on meter 109
on the nature of poetry 120
on orality 245
on proliferation of women’s poetry 161
use of prose 86

The Prelude xv, 43
completed (1805) xvi
as epic 30
on language 252
nostalgic themes 212–14
poetry as science 198
reflected in “Ode: Intimations of Immortality” 144
resistance to history 231–3, 234, 235
on verse 112
presence in English poetry 264
Prospectus to The Recluse, model of poetry 156