English Language and Literature ETDs

Publication Date

10-23-1968

Abstract

As I indicate in the introduction to this study, the tendency in Wordsworth criticism has been to make a fragile, spiritual mystery of the poet by stressing the transcendental nature of his work. It seems to me, however, that he is a poet solidly grounded in the reality of the external world. His interest in the concrete reality of things can be clearly determined, I believe, by an examination of his visual apprehension of the external world as it is expressed in his work. This study is an effort at such an examination.

Degree Name

English

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

English

First Committee Member (Chair)

George Meyer Ridenour

Second Committee Member

George Warren Arms

Third Committee Member

Joseph Marshall Kuntz

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

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