Wordsworth's Monastic Inheritance

Description:

"The first extended examination of the influence of monasticism on Wordsworth's writing. Covering the poet's development between 1806 and 1822, it considers how a series of sources describing medieval monastic life in the north of England influenced Wordsworth's thinking about regional attachment, trans-historical community, and national cohesion."--

subjects: English literature, history and criticism, 19th century,  Criticism and interpretation,  Monasticism and religious orders in literature