New on the blog: 200 years on from Wordsworth's appearance at a musical party, Yimon Lo shares her thoughts on the poet as a 'musical' figure and provides insight on her new book Musical Wordsworth.
‘The Excursion’ and Wordsworth’s Iconography – In Conversation with Brandon Yen
‘The Excursion’ and Wordsworth’s Iconography considers William Wordsworth’s use of iconography in his long poem 'The Excursion'. Through the iconographical approach, the author steers a middle course between The Excursion’s two very different interpretive traditions, one focusing upon the poem’s philosophical abstraction, the other upon its touristic realism. We caught up with author Brandon Yen … Continue reading