Wordsworth, the One Life, and "The Ruined Cottage"

Ulmer argues that Wordsworth's few indusputable affirmations of the One Life occur exclusively in the Pedlar material written for "The Ruined Cottage." The text's compositional history decisively clarifies the poet's reception and abandonment of pantheist theory.

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Published in:Studies in philology 1996-07, Vol.93 (3), p.304-331
Main Author: Ulmer, William A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
British & Irish literature
Cottages
English literature
Historical text analysis
Itinerant sales
Literary criticism
Morality
Narrative poetry
Nature
Pantheism
Philology
Poetry
Preludes
Romantic poetry
Wordsworth, William (1770-1850)
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Summary:Ulmer argues that Wordsworth's few indusputable affirmations of the One Life occur exclusively in the Pedlar material written for "The Ruined Cottage." The text's compositional history decisively clarifies the poet's reception and abandonment of pantheist theory.
ISSN:0039-3738
1543-0383