Wordsworth and the Poetry of Sincerity

David Perkins

    1. The Challenge of Sincerity

    2. Sincerity and Counter Ideals

    3. The Process of Composition

    4. The Adequacy of Language

    5. The Psychology of Belief

    6. Wordsworth and His Audience

    7. Resources of Style and Expression: I

    8. Resources of Style and Expression: II

    9. The Late Poems

    Abbreviations Used in Notes

    Notes

    Index

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David Perkins is John P. Marquand Professor of English Literature, Harvard University.