Lyrical Ballads: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Twenty-three poems that transformed English poetry. Wordsworth and Coleridge composed this powerful selection of poetry during their youthful and intimate friendship. Reproducing the first edition of 1798, this edition of "Lyrical Ballads" allows modern readers to recapture the book's original impact. In these poems including Wordsworth's Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey and Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere, the two poets exercised new energies and opened up new themes.
Quick facts about Lyrical Ballads
- Title: Lyrical Ballads
- Author: William Wordsworth
- First published: 1798
- Genre: poésie anglaise, english poetry, english poetry (collections), 18th century
- OpenLibrary ID: OL26385W
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Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth is widely available in print, ebook and audiobook editions from major retailers and libraries.
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What is Lyrical Ballads about?
Twenty-three poems that transformed English poetry.
Who wrote Lyrical Ballads?
Lyrical Ballads was written by William Wordsworth.
When was Lyrical Ballads published?
Lyrical Ballads was first published in 1798.
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