Romanticism on the Road The Marginal Gains of Wordsworth's Homeless
Description
Romanticism on the Road challenges critical orthodoxy by arguing that Wordsworth rejected the political dogmas of his age. Refusing to ally with either radicals or conservatives after the French Revolution, the poet seizes on vagrants to attack the binary thinking dominating public affairs and to question the value of the Georgian domestic ideal. Drawing on current and historical discussions of homelessness, the study offers a cultural history of vagrancy and explains why Wordsworth chose the homeless to bear his message.
Keywords
Literary CriticismPoetryModern19th CenturyScienceHistorySocial ScienceSocial WorkLanguage Arts & DisciplinesSocial History
2000Book
Author(s)Toby R. Benis
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780333718872
LanguageEnglish
