Radical Wordsworth: the poet who changed the world

Preface

Prelude: The epoch

Part One:. 1770-1806: Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive. A voice that flowed along my dreams ; Fostered ; There was a boy ; Walking into revolution ; Two revolutionary women ; But to be young was very Heaven ; Stepping westward ; A new spirit in poetry ; The banks of the Wye ; The experiment ; Lucy in the Harz with Dorothy ; By W. Wordsworth ; Home at Grasmere ; The child is father of the man

Excursion: From new school to Lake School

Part Two: 1807-1850: Wordworth's healing power. Surprised by grief ; This will never do ; Among the Cockneys ; The lost leader ; A medicine for my state of mind

Retrospect. A sort of national property ; Love of nature leading to love of mankind

Chronology.