Date of Award
5-2002
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
English
First Advisor
Martha E. Cook, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Michael Lund, Ph.D.
Third Advisor
Michael Lund, Ph.D.
Abstract
The difference between the accounts of Dorothy Wordsworth and William Wordsworth of the events they experience together is studied. At times it almost seems like William contradicts himself in his dictums. However, that assumption is not the case. He takes from Dorothy’s journals a memory, an idea, a description and uses it as the foundation of deeper and more personal poetic revelations that Dorothy ever did. Together, through their writings, the brother and sister illustrate the basic definition of what it is to be a poet. Dorothy was not a poet, William was.
Recommended Citation
Elzey, Susan Dean, "The Differences Between Dorothy Wordsworth's Journals and William Wordsworth's Poetry: Applying the Principles of "Preface"" (2002). Theses & Honors Papers. 150.
https://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/etd/150
