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1、STEPHENGILLIntroductionAfterstrugglinginhismiddleyearstowinmorethanacoteriereadership,WilliamWordsworthlivedtosavoursuccess.Hediedfullofhonoursin1850,PoetLaureatetoQueenVictoria,amanrecognized,inJohnKeble’swords,as‘raiseduptobeachiefminister,notonlyofnoblest
2、poesy,butofhighandsacredtruth’.1OverthenextfiftyyearshisstatusasanEnglishclassicwasconfirmedininnumerableprintingsofhisworks,anthologies,andeventuallyscholarlystudies.By1950,however,itseemedthathistimewasover.AtaneventtomarkthecentenaryofWordsworth’sdeath,Lion
3、elTrilling,oneoftheforemostAmericancriticsofhisgeneration,summedupwhathetooktobethecurrentperceptionofthepoet:‘Wordsworthisnotattractiveandnotanintellectualpossibility.’2AlthoughTrilling’slecturewentontodemonstratethatthiswasnothisownview,hisdecisiveandmemor
4、ableformulationsoundedright,asifKeble’swordsontheplaqueinGrasmereChurchwerebeinggiventheirsadbutinevitableaddendum.Butsuchhasnotbeenthejudgementofhistory.Sincethemutedcelebrationsin1950,shiftsinintellectualconcernshavebroughttheRomanticsintonewfocusandhavere
5、discoveredWordsworthasafully‘intellectuallypossible’figure.Westernculture’spreoccupationwithidentityandtheself;thelinguisticturnofmuchcurrenttheory;theinterestinpowerandpoliticsandnationhood;thereturntohistory;environmentalissues–allofthesedominantfeaturesoft
6、heculturallandscapeofthelasthalf-centuryhavebeenmappedacrosstheterrainofWordsworth’spoetryandprose.Thattoday’s‘Wordsworth’(thenameconstitutingtheobjectofstudyinitstotality–poetry,prose,biography,historicalcontext,criticalhistory)issubstantiallydifferentfromt
7、hatof1950ispartlyduetothelaboursofeditors.AsKeithHanley’schapterinthiscollectionspellsout,multi-volumeeditionsofWordsworth’spoetryandprose,aswellaseditionsofhislettersandofColeridge’sandofothermembersoftheircircle,haveenormouslyenlargedourfactualknowledge.As
8、farasWordsworththepoetisconcernedwecansaymore:editorialinterventionshavereconfigured‘Wordsworth’.1CambridgeCompanionsOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2006stephengillStudentsnowroutinelyrefertopoem
