资源描述:
《赏析William-Wordsworth讲解学习.doc》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在工程资料-天天文库。
1、赏析William-Wordsworth精品文档WilliamWordsworthWordsworthwasbornintheLakeDistrictofnorthernEngland.ThenaturalsceneryoftheEnglishlakescouldterrifyaswellasnurture.Hemovedonin1787toSt.John'sCollege,Cambridge.Repelledbythecompetitivepressuresthere,heelectedtoidlehiswaythroughtheuniversity,persuadedthathe"was
2、notforthathour,norforthatplace."Themostimportantthinghedidinhiscollegeyearswastodevotehissummervacationin1790toalongwalkingtourthroughrevolutionaryFrance.ThethreeorfouryearsthatfollowedhisreturntoEnglandwerethedarkestofWordsworth'slife.Unpreparedforanyprofession,rootless,virtuallypenniless,bitterly
3、hostiletohisowncountry'soppositiontotheFrench,heknockedaboutLondoninthecompanyofradicalslikeWilliamGodwinandlearnedtofeelaprofoundsympathyfortheabandonedmothers,beggars,children,vagrants,andvictimsofEngland'swars.ThroughalltheseyearsWordsworthwasassailedbyviciousandtirelesscriticalattacksbycontempt
4、uousreviewers;nogreatpoethaseverhadtoendureworse.Butfinally,withthepublicationofTheRiverDuttonin1820,thetidebegantoturn,andbythemid-1830shisreputationhadbeenestablishedwithbothcriticsandthereadingpublic.Wordsworth'slastyearsweregivenoverpartlyto"tinkering"hispoems,asthefamilycalledhiscompulsiveandp
5、ersistenthabitofrevisinghisearlierpoemsthrougheditionafteredition.ThePrelude,forinstance,wentthroughfourdistinctmanuscriptversionsandwaspublishedonlyafterthepoet'sdeathin1850.MostreadersfindtheearliestversionsofThePreludeandotherheavilyrevisedpoemstobethebest,butflashesofbrilliancecanappearinrevisi
6、onsaddedwhenthepoetwasinhisseventies.WordsworthsucceededhisfriendRobertSoutheyasBritain'spoetlaureatein1843andheldthatpostuntilhisowndeathin1850.Thereafterhisinfluencewasfeltthroughouttherestofthe19thcentury,thoughhewashonoredmoreforhissmallerpoems,assingledoutbytheVictoriancriticMatthewArnold,than
7、forhismasterpiece,ThePrelude.Inthe20thcenturyhisreputationwas收集于网络,如有侵权请联系管理员删除精品文档strengthenedbothbyrecognitionofhisimportanceintheRomanticMovementandbyanappreciationofthedarkerelementsinhispersonalityandv