Wordsworth and the Passions of Critical Poetics

STUART ALLEN is Assistant Professor of English at Bridgewater State College, Massachusetts, USA. He has published articles on Wordsworth, Romanticism and James Joyce.

Introduction: Poetry, Feeling and Criticism Shaftesbury, Wordsworth and Affective Critique  Burke, Wordsworth and the Poet  Poetry and the Liberty of Feeling  Wordsworth's Ear and the Place of Aesthetic Autonomy  Poetry and Embodiment  Melancholy and Affirmation Conclusion