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The Excursion - British Heritage Database Reader-Printable 1814 and 1827 Parallel Text Edition

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Wordsworth’s longest poem, and the only part of a projected magnum opus to be published in his lifetime, The Excursion has been unjustly neglected in favour of its autobiographical companion, The Prelude. It is however one of the great works of English Romanticism, in which Wordsworth succeeds in his object of conveying “clear thoughts, lively images, and strong feelings”. Through the semi-dramatic adoption of various selves he narrates the stories of a range of Lake District inhabitants, most famously in the tragic tale of the ruined cottage; airs views on the French and Industrial Revolutions (attacking the factory system and advocating universal state education); and meditates on “Man, Nature, and Society”. This unique parallel text edition enables readers to compare the first edition with Wordsworth’s own revision of 1827, a text unavailable in any other modern edition. Editorial emendations have been faithfully recorded.

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