ENGL 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Flattening, Richard Westall, Lyrical Ballads

• School: Queen's University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 200
• Professor: Leslie Ritche

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William wordsworth- preface to lyrical ballads: not just a preface, but a manifesto or statement of re(cid:448)olutio(cid:374)ar(cid:455) purpose. A justifi(cid:272)atio(cid:374) of the (cid:448)olu(cid:373)e"s (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:374)ts, a theor(cid:455) (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)er(cid:374)i(cid:374)g the (cid:374)ature of poetry. Addresses the questions of who can write poetry and what topics and style are the most appropriate to poetry. From the novel, the idea of verisimilitude jumps into poetry; specifically, into poetic language and the su(cid:271)je(cid:272)ts of poetr(cid:455). Words(cid:449)orth ai(cid:373)s to i(cid:374)(cid:374)o(cid:448)ate (cid:862)(cid:271)(cid:455) fitti(cid:374)g to (cid:373)etri(cid:272)al arra(cid:374)ge(cid:373)e(cid:374)t a sele(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of the real language of men in a state of (cid:448)i(cid:448)id se(cid:374)satio(cid:374). (cid:863) (cid:894)d. (cid:1006)(cid:1013)(cid:1007)(cid:895) De(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of wo(cid:396)ds(cid:449)o(cid:396)th"s theo(cid:396)y of poesy: (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:374)sidered as e(cid:454)peri(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts(cid:863) to deter(cid:373)i(cid:374)e (cid:862)ho(cid:449) far the language of conversation in the middle and lower classes of society is adapted to the purposes of poeti(cid:272) pleasure. (cid:863) (cid:894)first edition, 1798). Exemplifying the principles of good poetry (second edition, 1800); considering poetry as a whole, not a set of hierarchies from epic to lyric.