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- Title
Italic Typography and Wordsworth's Later Sonnets as Visual Poetry.
- Authors
Simonsen, Peter
- Abstract
The article discusses the use of Italic typography and the later sonnets of William Wordsworth as visual poetry. It explores Wordsworth's some 535 sonnets, which became the principal form of utterance in the later phase of his career, as noted by Lee M. Johnson. It notes William H. Galperin's suggestion that Wordsworth breaks new poetic ground in the later sonnets by means of a certain revision of his own earlier work. It also illustrates Wordsworth's affair with the sonnet which turned serious when Dorothy Wordsworth read him Milton's sonnets in 1802 that lasted for the rest of his career, ultimately resulting in the transformation of the small form into great proportions.
- Subjects
SONNET; WORDSWORTH, William, 1770-1850; GALPERIN, William H.; WORDSWORTH, Dorothy, 1771-1855; JOHNSON, Lee M.; VISUAL poetry; VISUAL literature; LITERARY theory; ITALICS; POETICS
- Publication
SEL: Studies in English Literature (Johns Hopkins), 2007, Vol 47, Issue 4, p863
- ISSN
0039-3657
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/sel.2007.0037