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The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth

Volume VIII. A Supplement of New Letters

By: William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Alan G. Hill (Editor)

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Hardcover | 2 September 1993 | Edition Number 2

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This volume prints more than 150 letters, most of them previously unpublished, which appeared too late for inclusion in the second edition of The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth (1967-88): they are indispensable for understanding the poet and the inner dynamics of the Wordsworth circle. Of outstanding interest are the unexpectedly tender and fervent letters which Wordsworth wrote to his wife Mary during brief periods of separation in 1810 and 1812: others provide fresh evidence about his contacts with Annette Vallon and his `French' daughter Caroline long after his withdrawal from revolutionary politics in France, and indeed up to the end of his life. Further letters illustrate the poet's literary and personal relations with Coleridge, Hazlitt, De Quincey, and Charles Lamb; his changing political and social views; his life in the Lake District and London; and, above all, his lifelong commitment to poetry and the principles that guided his imaginative life. These letters, varied in tone and subject-matter, will do much to dispel the ideal that he was invariably a reluctant or reserved correspondent. Dorothy Wordsworth, by contrast, fills out all the details of domestic life which her brother thought it unnecessary to dwell on, and her letters add their own characteristic touches to the picture of the Wordsworth circle - until the final breakdown of her health.

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'an indispensable purchase ... An important book, recommended for all universitylibraries.' N. Bruman, University of Minnesota, Choice, March 1994 `...he has once more put all Wordsworth scholars in his debt...Hill goes a long way towards making his volumes the kind of genuine correspondence that scholars actually want to use. When scholars in future, and not just literary ones, want to know the name and dates of the third son by a second marriage of an obscure member of the Beaumont circle, the first resource will be the index to the Oxford volumes.' Times Literary Supplement `Alan G. Hill's New Letters...gives us a more complete sense of Wordsworth's connections, views, and feelings...this volume is a valuable addition to Wordsworth scholarship. Like the rest of the volumes in the Oxford Wordsworth letters, the scholarship is of a very high standard, and the critical apparatus is sensible and clear. Finally, Alan G. Hill as editor has done an exemplary job in filling in the attendant contextual details whenever necessary. Any serious Wordsworth scholar will doubtless need access to this volume, if only to try and figure out what Wordsworth may or may not have said about Coleridge's gin-drinking habits.' English Studies

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Preface	p. v
Abbreviations	p. xiii
List of Letters	p. xv
D. W. to Mary Anne Rawson	p. 1
W. W. to Unknown Correspondent	p. 2
W. W. to Unknown Correspondent	p. 3
W. W. to Unknown Correspondent	p. 4
W. W. to Lord Holland	p. 6
W. W. to Josiah Wedgwood	p. 7
W. W. to Josiah Wedgwood	p. 8
W. W. to John Taylor	p. 9
W. W. to Basil Montagu	p. 10
W. W. to D. W	p. 11
W. W. to Francis Wrangham	p. 14
W. W. to Thomas De Quincey	p. 14
W. W. to Thomas De Quincey	p. 15
W. W. to Thomas De Quincey	p. 17
W. W. to Thomas De Quincey	p. 18
W. W. to Thomas De Quincey	p. 19
W. W. to Joseph Wilkinson	p. 20
W. W. to M. W	p. 21
W. W. to M. W	p. 26
W. W. to M. W	p. 32
D. W. to W. W	p. 39
W. W. to D. W	p. 43
W. W. to M. W	p. 48
W. W. to M. W	p. 51
W.W. to M.W	p. 57
W. W. to M. W	p. 61
W. W. to M. W	p. 67
W. W. to D. W	p. 69
W. W. to D. W	p. 71
W. W. to D. W	p. 77
W. W. to M. W	p. 80
MS. WL. Hitherto unpublished	p. 84
W. W. to M. W	p. 87
W. W. to M. W	p. 93
W. W. to M. W	p. 100
W.W. to M.W	p. 107
W. W. to D. W. and S. H	p. 113
D.W. to W.W	p. 116
W. W. to M. W	p. 117
W. W. to M. W	p. 119
W. W. to Thomas Hutchinson	p. 123
W. W. to Thomas Hutchinson	p. 124
D. W. to W. W	p. 127
W. W. and M. W. to D. W. and S. H	p. 130
W. W. and M. W. to D. W. and S. H	p. 134
W. W. and M. W. to D. W. and S. H	p. 136
W. W. and M. W. to D. W. and S. H	p. 140
W. W. and M. W. to D. W. and S. H	p. 141
W.W. to Unknown Correspondent	p. 142
D. W. to Thomas De Quincey	p. 142
W.W. to William White	p. 143
W. W. to Sir George Beaumont	p. 143
W.W. to D.W	p. 147
W. W. to Abigail Hodgson	p. 153
W. W. to Abigail Hodgson	p. 154
W. W. to John Edwards	p. 157
W. W. to Messrs. Longman And Co	p. 157
W. W. to William Wolberforce	p. 158
W.W. to William Wilberforce	p. 159
W. W. to J. Colin Satterthwaite	p. 160
W. W. to Messrs. Longman And Co	p. 160
W. W. to J. Colin Satterthwaite	p. 161
W. W. to J. Colin Satterthwaite	p. 164
W. W. to J. Colin Satterthwaite	p. 165
W. W. to J. Colin Satterthwaite	p. 166
W. W. to J. Colin Satterthwaite	p. 167
W. W. to George Ticknor	p. 168
W.W. to [? Thomas Hutton]	p. 168
W. W. to George Ticknor	p. 170
W. W. to George Ticknor	p. 172
W.W. to Francis Wrangham	p. 174
W. W. TO The Commissioners Of Stamps	p. 175
W. W. to Messrs. Longman And Co	p. 175
W. W. to Messrs. Longman And Co	p. 176
W. W. to Messrs. Longman And Co	p. 177
W. W. to Messrs. Longman And Co	p. 179
W. W. to Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey	p. 181
D. W. to Henry Handley Norris	p. 181
W. W. to Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey	p. 182
W. W. to Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey	p. 184
W. W. to Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey	p. 184
W. W. to Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey	p. 185
W. W. to Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey	p. 187
W. W. to Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey	p. 190
W. W. to Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey	p. 191
W. W. to Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey	p. 192
W. W. to Mary Frances Howley	p. 193
W. W. to William Williamson	p. 193
W. W. to Mary Frances Howley	p. 194
W. W. to Mary Frances Howley	p. 194
W. W. to Mary Frances Howley	p. 196
W. W. to Mary Frances Howley	p. 199
W. W. to Mary Frances Howley	p. 199
W. W. to Mary Frances Howley	p. 203
W. W. to M. R. Matthews	p. 204
W. W. to [?John Wilson Croker]	p. 205
W. W. to Felicia Dorothea Hemans	p. 205
W. W. to Felicia Dorothea Hemans	p. 206
W. W. to John Walker Ord	p. 209
W. W. to Messrs. A. G. Moryer And Co	p. 209
W. W. to Messrs. A. G. Moryer And Co	p. 210
W. W. to Robert Jones	p. 211
W. W. to Julius Charles Hare	p. 213
W. W. to Julius Charles Hare	p. 217
W. W. to Felicia Dorothea Hemans	p. 218
W. W. to Edwin Hill Handley	p. 219
W. W. to Edwin Hill Handley	p. 220
W. W. to Edwin Hill Handley	p. 221
W. W. to Edwin Hill Handley	p. 222
W. W. to Edwin Hill Handley	p. 223
W. W. to Lord Nothampton	p. 225
M. W. and W. W. to Unknown Correspondent	p. 226
W. W. to Charles Graves	p. 226
W. W. to Charles Graves	p. 227
W. W. to Isaac Green	p. 228
W. W. to James Stanger2	p. 228
W. W. to James Stanger2	p. 229
W. W. to James Stanger2	p. 230
W.W. to James Stanger	p. 232
W. W. to Lord Northampton	p. 233
W.W. to James Atanger	p. 233
W. W. to Lord Northampton	p. 234
W. W. to Lord Northampton	p. 235
W. W. to Lord Northampton	p. 236
W. W. to Lord Northampton	p. 237
W. W. to Dora W	p. 238
W. W. to Dora W	p. 239
W. W. to Dora W	p. 240
W. W. to Dora W	p. 241
W. W. to Dora W	p. 242
W. W. to Dora W	p. 243
W. W. to Dora W	p. 244
W. W. to Dora W	p. 245
W. W. to Dora W	p. 246
W. W. to Dora W	p. 247
W. W. to Dora W	p. 248
W. W. to Dora W	p. 248
W. W. to Dora W	p. 249
W. W. to Dora W	p. 250
W. W. to Dora W	p. 250
W. W. to Dora W	p. 251
W. W. to Dora W	p. 253
W. W. to Anne Marsh	p. 254
W. W. to Harriet Martineau	p. 255
W. W. to Harriet Martineau	p. 256
W. W to Unknown Correspondent	p. 257
W. W. to Unknown Correspondent	p. 258
W. W. to Unknown Correspondent	p. 260
W. W. to Unknown Correspondent	p. 260
W. W. to Unknown Correspondent	p. 261
W. W. to Robert Ferguson	p. 261
DEception Exposed; OR, An Antidote for the Poison of the Westmorland Yeoman's Address, Lately re-published in 'The Kendal Chronicle' No. 1	p. 263
Letter from Annette Vallon to Dorothy Wordsworth, April 1835	p. 275
Additional Letters of Mary Wordsworth Concerning the Publication of C. W. jnr.'s Memoirs of William Wordsworth (1851)	p. 278
M. W. to I. F	p. 278
M. W. to W. W. JNR	p. 283
M. W. to W. W. JNR	p. 283
M. W. to W. W. JNR	p. 285
M. W. to W. W. JNR	p. 286
M. W. to W. W. JNR	p. 289
M. W. to W. W. JNR	p. 290
Addenda and Corrigenda to The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth	p. 293
Index	p. 295
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The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth

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