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Romanticism on the Road

The Marginal Gains of Wordsworth's Homeless

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  • © 2000

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Authors:
  1. Toby R Benis

    1. Department of English, Saint Louis University, UK

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Part of the book series: Romanticism in Perspective:Texts, Cultures, Histories (ROPTCH)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction: Homelessness Yesterday and Today — Repression or Relief?

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    Pages 1-23

  3. Unsettling Powers in the Early Landscapes

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    Pages 24-56

  4. Salisbury Plain and the Recuperation of Freedom

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    Pages 57-93

  5. Life During Wartime in Lyrical Ballads

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    Pages 94-139

  6. Suspicious Lives: Delinquency in the 1802 Poems

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    Pages 140-166

  7. Errant Thoughts and Social Crimes in The Prelude

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    Pages 167-222

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 223-277
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Romanticism on the Road challenges critical orthodoxy by arguing that Wordsworth rejected the political dogmas of his age. Refusing to ally with either radicals or conservatives after the French Revolution, the poet seizes on vagrants to attack the binary thinking dominating public affairs and to question the value of the Georgian domestic ideal. Drawing on current and historical discussions of homelessness, the study offers a cultural history of vagrancy and explains why Wordsworth chose the homeless to bear his message.

Reviews

'...Benis is excellent at describing the social and historical background to Wordsworth's early career, and the book contains some fascinating information...his presentation of contemporary political events remains fascinating and clearly written...the book is a valuable contribution to Wordsworth studies.' - John Hayden Baker, Times Literary Supplement

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of English, Saint Louis University, UK

    Toby R Benis

About the author

Toby R. Benis is Assistant Professor of English at Saint Louis University.

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