Lyrical Ballads, Paperback by Mason, Michael (EDT); Mullan, John (CON), Used ...

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Lyrical Ballads, Paperback by Mason, Michael (EDT); Mullan, John (CON), ISBN 1405840609, ISBN-13 9781405840606, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a unique work of literature. first published in 1798, it marked a radical change in the direction of English Literature. Lyrical Ballads represented a movement away from the overwrought, highly formal and learned verse of the 18th century and in so doing ushered in a new, more democratic poetic era. Written in the language of the common man and addressing the concerns of the common man, Lyrical Ballads was the first - and remains the most - truly revolutionary collection of poetry, paving the way for the great Romantic poets - keats, Byron, Shelley et al. - and proving that, while there was no actual revolution on the ground, England could still be the most revolutionary of places. Lyrical Ballads was not a single phenomenon but a sequence of four editions spread over seven years; its appearance in English literature was not a historical moment but a sequence of moments - 1798, 1800, 1802, 1805. This edition - based on the 1805 edition, but looking back on each of the previous publications - shows how this collection developed, how it was refined and added to by the authors. No other edition on the market has such a wealth of key background information.

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2007
• Binding: Paperback
• ISBN: 9781405840606
• Condition: Good

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