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In 1798, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge were engaged in a top secret experiment. This was not, as many assume, the creation of a book of poetry. A book emerged, to be sure--the landmark Lyrical Ballads. But in Murder Ballads, David John Brennan posits that the two poets were in fact pursuing far different ends: to birth from their poems a singular, idealized Poet. Despite their success, such Frankensteinian pursuits proved rife with consequence for the men. Doubts and questions plagued them: What does it mean to be a poet if your work is not your own? Who is best fit to lay claim to a parcel of poetic property that was collaboratively crafted and bequeathed to a fictitious Poet? How does one kill a Poet born of one's own hand? Blending critical examination with jocular playlets-in-verse featuring the authors of the two books in baffled conversation, Murder Ballads reopens a 200-year-old cold case that never received a proper investigation: Who was the first true Author of Lyrical Ballads, and how exactly did he die? |
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English. |
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Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850. Lyrical ballads.
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Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxRBqXVHYWyDPGrtymGHC
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Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJvt6g3PMF7h7jXffgt3Qq
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Lyrical ballads (Wordsworth, William)
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English poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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Poésie anglaise -- 18e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
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Literary studies: poetry & poets.
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English poetry
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1700-1799
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poetry, criticism, Wordsworth, plays, experimental poetry |
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Murder Ballads |
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Print version: 0692734627 |
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9780692734629 (electronic bk.) |
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0692734627 (electronic bk.) |
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10.21983/P3.0145.1.00 doi |
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