Lyrical Ballads, by William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge, in the1798 and 1800 versions, represent a watershed moment in the history of English literature, and poetry. In its “Preface,” and in the poems themselves, the program for a transformation of citizenship, of society, of politics was elaborated. From “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” to “Tintern Abbey,” Lyrical Ballads chart a path in experience intended to lead to a better society. This course aims to understand that project, and what it tells us today.
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introduction, notes and appendices by R. L. Brett and A.R. Jones. With new
introduction by Nicholas Roe. London and New York, Routledge Classics, 2005. Bonnecase, Denis and Marc Porée. Lyrical
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Coleridge. La différence en partage. Paris, PUF, 2012. Hartman, Geoffrey. Wordsworth’s Poetry 1787-1814. New Haven,
Yale University Press, 1964. Day, Aidan. Romanticism. London, Routledge, 1996.
- Teacher: Thomas Dutoit