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The Life of William Wordsworth
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on September 8, 2015 (go to class or lectures)
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vocation, John, parental, Dorothy, Hutchinson, community, Calais, Vallon, Prelude, Hawkshead, financial, Switzerland, writer, natural, revolutionary, poet, mountainous, Walk, five, English, Romanticism, Cockermouth, Cottage, Coleridge, brotherhood
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William Wordsworth
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one of the greatest poets of the                language
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born 1770 in                       , north west England
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English lake district
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                       area know for its scenery
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much of his poetry especially his                described his childhood in this area
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nature took on                  role for him
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who died when he was 13
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formally schooled in grammar school in                   
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1787 Cambridge University, St.         's College
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composed poem An Evening's         
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1793 first published volume
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1790s two trips to continental Europe
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1. in 1790 walking through France and                       
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2. in 1791-92 residing in France
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country was in                            fervor
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Bastille had been stormed in 1789
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Wordsworth became increasingly interested in liberty, equality, and                       
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love affair with French woman Annette             
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1792 gave birth to their child
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1793 outbreak of war between Britain and France
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1802 visited her in              with her 9-year-old child
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"It is a beauteous evening, calm and free"
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1795 received legacy to have the financial freedom to become a         
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a role he felt was his                 
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met Samuel Taylor                   
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Wordsworth and his sister                moved to Alfoxton House, Somerset, just a few miles away from Coleridge's home in Nether Stowey
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1798 published Lyrical Ballads together
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significant landmark in English literature
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an early contribution which was later christened                       
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renewed interested in                world
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emphasis on the feelings of the individual
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belief in the creative power of poet's imagination
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1799 returned to settle in Lake District
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with sister Dorothy, an important              herself
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frequently visited by Coleridge
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three writers created a supportive and constructive literary                   
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worked on The Prelude, a piece recognized as his masterpiece
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1802 William and Dorothy traveled to Calais to meet Annette and Caroline
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brief piece between the countries
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made arrangements for their                    support
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explained he was going to marry Mary                     
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1802 William and Mary married
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son John born the next year
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first of          children
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wrote much of greatest poetry in Dove                (Town End, Grasmere)
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surrounding area providing subject matter for many of his works
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1808 larger family now moved to larger house
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1813 Rydal Mount
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1814 The Excursion
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1843 poetry laureate
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1855 sister Dorothy died

Ideas and Concepts:

British vocabulary via tonight's William Wordsworth class: "fell-walking, n. a term for walking in the mountainous areas of Northern England, especially in the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales, based on the dialect word fell, for high, uncultivated land."
The Life of William Wordsworth