- Unknown Binding: 203 pages
- Publisher: Frowde; 5th ed edition (1906)
- Language English
- ASIN: B0008805M2
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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In preparing this Manual, it was the Author's principal wish to furnish a Guide or Companion for the Minds of Persons of taste, and feeling for Landscape, who might be inclined to explore the District of the Lakes with that degree of attention to which its beauty may fairly lay claim. Read the first page
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In preparing this Manual, it was the Author's principal wish to furnish a Guide or Companion for the Minds of Persons of taste, and feeling for Landscape, who might be inclined to explore the District of the Lakes with that degree of attention to which its beauty may fairly lay claim. Read the first page
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It is fantastic that this formerly hard to get hold of text has been re-released, and in a very attractive edition with a good introduction and notes.
I hadn't read any Wordsworth since university, but on a recent trip to the Lake District I saw this for sale in the building that used to be Wordsworth's old school, in Hawkshead. Despite not being a big fan generally, and it costing £8, I bought it, and to my surprise it proved very easy reading (easier than the poems). I had read the whole thing before the end of my holiday.
Many of the issues addressed really are still relevant today, concerning visitor numbers and infrastructure, for example. This book was written just prior to the railway line being built from Kendal to Windermere - something that Wordsworth vehemently protested against. This volume includes his arguments against it, and the counter-arguments proposed by people in its favour, and then Wordsworth's responses to these arguments!
Even more interesting are the moments when Wordworth's prose widens in scope to pass observation on things in general. His opinion that the human love of a good view is only a recent development is very interesting. His unstoppable logic makes it almost impossible to refute what he is saying, even whn you disagree.
This didn't revolutionise the literary world like the Lyrical Ballads (though it is certainly the earliest guidebook I have ever encountered), and it's not profound like The Prelude. Instead, it is a perceptive and heart-felt guide to a district Wordsworth knew and loved, essential to Wordsworth fans, worthwhile for those who love the Lakes and interesting for anyone who likes to read well-written, well-observed prose.
I hadn't read any Wordsworth since university, but on a recent trip to the Lake District I saw this for sale in the building that used to be Wordsworth's old school, in Hawkshead. Despite not being a big fan generally, and it costing £8, I bought it, and to my surprise it proved very easy reading (easier than the poems). I had read the whole thing before the end of my holiday.
Many of the issues addressed really are still relevant today, concerning visitor numbers and infrastructure, for example. This book was written just prior to the railway line being built from Kendal to Windermere - something that Wordsworth vehemently protested against. This volume includes his arguments against it, and the counter-arguments proposed by people in its favour, and then Wordsworth's responses to these arguments!
Even more interesting are the moments when Wordworth's prose widens in scope to pass observation on things in general. His opinion that the human love of a good view is only a recent development is very interesting. His unstoppable logic makes it almost impossible to refute what he is saying, even whn you disagree.
This didn't revolutionise the literary world like the Lyrical Ballads (though it is certainly the earliest guidebook I have ever encountered), and it's not profound like The Prelude. Instead, it is a perceptive and heart-felt guide to a district Wordsworth knew and loved, essential to Wordsworth fans, worthwhile for those who love the Lakes and interesting for anyone who likes to read well-written, well-observed prose.
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