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Edited from the original manuscripts at Dove Cottage, this work contains some of the passages of poetry later to appear in the 13-book poem of 1804-5, The Spots of Time, The Winander Boy, The Discharged Soldier, Recollections of Cambridge, The Infant Prodigy and The Climbing of Snowdon.

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"We see the embryo but not the complete birth, and it is thoroughly useful to have this version in readable form. Reprinted after the text are four useful modern critical essays; the 'analogy passage' which appears in MS W after Snowdon but not in Dr Wu's or any other editorial text; then, most useful, a schedule indicating the precise sources of Dr Wu's text; a very full index." S. J. Harrison, Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements.

Abbreviations.

Introduction.

Further Reading.

Chronology.

Five-Book Prelude Annotated Text.

Recent Critical Commentary.

Appendix I: The Analogy Passage.

Appendix II: The Schedule of Manuscripts.

Index.

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 26/04/1997
      ISBN13: 9780631205487, 978-0631205487
      ISBN10: 0631205489
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Edited from the original manuscripts at Dove Cottage, this work contains some of the passages of poetry later to appear in the 13-book poem of 1804-5, The Spots of Time, The Winander Boy, The Discharged Soldier, Recollections of Cambridge, The Infant Prodigy and The Climbing of Snowdon.

      Trade Review
      "We see the embryo but not the complete birth, and it is thoroughly useful to have this version in readable form. Reprinted after the text are four useful modern critical essays; the 'analogy passage' which appears in MS W after Snowdon but not in Dr Wu's or any other editorial text; then, most useful, a schedule indicating the precise sources of Dr Wu's text; a very full index." S. J. Harrison, Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements.

      Abbreviations.

      Introduction.

      Further Reading.

      Chronology.

      Five-Book Prelude Annotated Text.

      Recent Critical Commentary.

      Appendix I: The Analogy Passage.

      Appendix II: The Schedule of Manuscripts.

      Index.

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