Essays about: "William Wordsworth"

Found 4 essays containing the words William Wordsworth.

1. 1. Can Poetry Save the World? : Creating a Sustainable Future by Reading Green

   University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

   Author : Alexander Vainikainen; [2019]
   Keywords : ecocriticism; ecofeminism; environmental pedagogy; sustainable development; teaching; reading green; poetry;

   Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to examine how ecocritical readings of poems and song lyrics can work as a catalyst for discussing questions regarding sustainable development in the subject of English. The poems “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth and “Andrew”by Andrea Gibson, but also the song lyrics for the song “Every Age”by José Gonzalez were selected for the analyze, since they can represent the varying types of texts that are used by teachers in upper secondary school. READ MORE

3. 2. POETRY ON POETRY: The Metafictional Elements in the Works of William Wordsworth

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Mark David Vajd; [2017-06-08]
   Keywords : metafiction; self-reflective; diegetic mode; nature;

   Abstract : William Wordsworth is one of the most extensively researched authors in English literature. Despite this, there seem to be no studies looking into the self-reflective elements of his poetry. READ MORE

4. 3. Robert Louis Stevenson’s Romantic Sensibility : Nature and Human Emotion in An Inland Voyage and Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Carl-Ludwig Davidsson; [2017]
   Keywords : Robert Louis Stevenson; An Inland Voyage; Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes; the beautiful; the sublime; the picturesque;

   Abstract : In the latter half of the 19th century, Robert Louis Stevenson set off on two journeys through Belgium and France, two travels that were to become the subject of his early travelogues An Inland Voyage and Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes. In these two travelogues Stevenson elaborates extensively on depictions of nature, and through these depictions, Stevenson suggests that there exists a special relationship between natural beauty and human emotion. READ MORE

5. 4. A Biblical Reading of William Wordsworth’s Poem Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Nansi Soulakeli; [2016-03-14]
   Keywords : William Wordsworth; childhood; nostalgia; immortality; memory; spirituality;

   Abstract : This paper examines in depth the concepts of childhood and immortality in William Wordsworth’s poem Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood in light of the biblical allusions presented in the text. My thesis supports the claim of a hidden transcendental spirituality revealed through a close-reading of the poem, and later clarified in relation to The Scriptures. READ MORE