The Prelude

The unfoldment of the Self through the City is one of isolation and alienation, a gradual displacement of a spiritual unity into a materialistic space, the gridlock of the city and its world-feeling. So it is no wonder that, in history, when things are beginning to vanish, they blossom and explode i......more

He cleared a passage for me, and the stream In wholesome separation the two natures, The one that feels, the other that observes. 2.5 stars. This was a tandem read with ATJG. There were torrents of bubbly moments of exhilaration but much too much clawing and climbing. Wordsworth embraces Nature, and t......more

It took me a long time to read this. It's pretty clear what the constant stimulation of the digital age has done to my ability to concentrate and read epic poetry. Wordsworth has always been my least favourite of the great sextet of English Romantic poets. I found his lyrical ballads to be a bit lac......more

"Prophets of Nature, we to them will speak A lasting inspiration, sanctified By reason, blest by faith: what we have loved, Others will love, and we will teach them how; Instruct them how the mind of man becomes A thousand times more beautiful than the earth On which he dwells....." This Wordsworth promis......more

Now I know a number of my friends are going to consider I have completely “lost it” or gone over to the other side. But. Truely I have just spent the most amazing period of hours listening absolutely rapt as the entire work was read to me by Nicholas Farrell as narrator. I get it I don’t know what it......more