Wordsworth华兹华斯生平及文学.ppt

1、William Wordswoth,The representative poet of the early romanticism,Family background,Educational Background and experience,Two important Person Dorothy and Cloeridge,Political attitude,His main production,Some criticism,His principles,The end,Family background,William Wordsworth was born in 1770 in

2、a lawyers family at Cockermouth, Cumberland, part of the scenic region in north-west England, in the Lack District. His father was John Wordsworth, Sir James Lowthers attorney - the fifth Baronet Lowther was the most feared and hated aristocrat in all of Cumberland and Westmoreland. His mother died

3、when he was only eight, and his father followed her six years later.,Educational background,With the help of his relatives, Wordsworth was sent to school at Hawkshead in the beautiful lake district in Northwestern England. He studied at Cambridge from 1787 and received his B.A. degree in 1791.He. Th

4、ere he associated with those young Republicans whose political enthusiasm had been roused by French Revolution. Acquainted with Beaupuy-kindled Wordsworths heart with a spirit of revolt against all social iniquities and a sympthy for the poor, humble folk. Joined the Geronidists Forced to return to

5、England,Two important person in his life,His sister Dorothy Wordsworth regarded his sister as his confidante and inspirer, made him turn his eyes to “the face of nature” and take an interest in the peasant living in their neighborhood. She also induced him to transform his observation of the landsca

6、pe into the revelation of the beauty of nature in poetry.,Poem about his sister,She gave me eyes, she gave me ears; And humble cares, and delicate fears; A heart, the fountain of sweet tears; And love, and thought, and joy,Another important person,Cloeridge In their partnership, Coleridge was to tak

7、e up the “supernatural, or at least romantic”subjet, while Wordsworth was “to give the charm of novelty to things of every day. In 1798, they jointly published the Lyrical Ballads, marked the break with the conventional poetical tradition of the 18th century. Coleridges contributionThe Rime of the A

8、ncient Mariner, the majority of poems were written by Wordsworth.,His principles,“All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling.” He appealed directly to individual sensations, i.e., pleasure, excitement and enjoyment, as the foundation in the creation and appreciation of poetry. P

9、oetry “takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.” Ordinary peasants, children even outcasts, all may be used as subjects in poetical creation.,Political attitude,With the establishment of the Jacobin dictatorship, Wordsworths attitude towards the revolution changed and he gave up his

10、 former political enthusiasm. He became a Tory and upheld the reactionary policy of the British government. He accepted the office of a distributor of stamps and was made poet laureate.,His main production,The Solitary Reaper-drawing pathetic pictures of the laboring people We Are Sevendepicting the naivety of simple peasant children Michael, The Ruined Cottage, Simon Lee, and The Old Cumberland Beggardelineating with deep sympathy the suffering of the poor, humble peasants,Some criticism,His poetical talent obviously declined with his living in total seclusion and his tur