The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth
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The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth
Author: Wilson, Frances
Brand: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Binding: paperback
Format: Import
Number Of Pages: 320
Release Date: 04-03-2021
Details: The prize-winning biography of Wordsworth's beloved sister, champion, muse who was at the heart of the Romantic movement in Britain - reissued to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Dorothy's birth.
'Genius ... Its own kind of heaven.' New York Times
'A most beautiful, deep, and humble study of incredibly complex people.' Oliver Sacks
Dorothy Wordsworth is an enigma. William's beloved sister was his muse, champion, and most valued reader. She is mythologised as a self-effacing spinster and saintly amanuensis, yet Thomas De Quincey described her as 'all fire and ardour'.
Dorothy sacrificed a traditional life to share in her brother's world of words. In her Grasmere Journals, she vividly recorded their intimate life together in the Lake District, marked by a startling freedom from social convention. The tale that unfolds in her brief, electric entries reveals an intense bond between siblings, culminating in Dorothy's collapse on William's wedding day - after which the woman who once strode the hills in all weathers retreated inside the house for the last three decades of her life.
In her magisterial biography, Frances Wilson uses the compressed emotion of Dorothy's journals to evoke the rich interior world of a woman determined to live on her own terms - one who deserves her own place in the history of the Romantic movement.
'Intelligent and intriguing ... A portrait of a peculiar, passionate, yet meticulous woman which is hauntingly strange.' Sunday Telegraph
'Passion is the keynote of Wilson's fine biography ... Brims with the personality of [an] extraordinary woman ... Thrilling.' Sunday Times
'This beautiful, wise biography draws Dorothy from her hiding places. She emerges as a passionate figure.' Daily Telegraph
'Gripping ... Bold, witty, scholarly and speculative.' Margaret Drabble
EAN: 9780571366231
Package Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 1.0 inches
Languages: English
