Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-174) and index.
Contents
The lyrical "I" as a self-dramatization : Wordsworth's transitional self -- The dramatics of self-representation in "Tintern Abbey" -- In the mind's eye/"I" : "resolution and independence" -- The "I" of the ode : public performance, subjective transformation -- "Elegiac stanzas" : the poet in his letters and the "I" of the poem -- Conclusion : the prelude as a major lyric.
