student of classics.
In 1650, went up to Trinity College, Cambridge.
In 1654, obtained his BA, graduating top of the list for Trinity. In June, father died
Moved to London around 1657, worked with Cromwell’s Secretary of State, John Thurloe.
Presented at the Lord Protector Cromwell’s funeral on 23 Nov 1658, first gained notice with “Heroic Stanzas” written in 1659.
Introduction
William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 joint publication Lyrical Ballads.
Debut
Wordsworth made his debut as a writer in 1787 when he published a sonnet in The European Magazine. That same year he began attending St John`s Colleg
What makes Shakespeare the Great Literary Work?
His work contains universal values as well as social reflection of the time.
Emotions or phenomenon comes from environment or situations
> Apply to the Brave New World
※Wordsworth의 생애와 시대적 배경
윌리엄 워즈워즈는 1770년 영국의 코커마우스에서 변호사의 아들로 태어났으나 어린 시절에 그의 어머니를 여위었다. 9세 때부터 17세까지 Grammar School 시대를 Esthwaite 호반의 촌락 Hawkshead에서 지냈다. 거기서 사는 동안 친숙하고 아름다운 호수지방의 자연이 그의 전생
Classicism
In the arts, refers generally to a high regard for classical antiquity, as setting standards for taste which the classicists seeks to emulate.
Originally Classicism was professed for humanism, equality, liberty, etc.
Later it was studied deductively. So the art of classicism typically seeks to be formal and restrained.
Neoclassicism
Neoclassicism -the name given to quite