The most accessible edition of Wordsworth's poetry and prose,prepared to meet the needs of both students and scholars. This Norton Critical Edition presents a generous selection ofWilliam Wordworth's poetry (including the thirteen-book Preludeof 1805) and prose works along with supporting materials forin-depth study. Together, the Norton Critical Editions ofWordsworth's Poetry and Prose and The Prelude: 1799,1805, 1850 are the essential texts for studying thisauthor. Wordsworth's Poetry and Prose includes a large selectionof texts chronologically arranged, thereby allowing readers totrace the author's evolving interests and ideas. An insightfulgeneral introduction and textual introduction precede the texts,each of which is fully annotated. Illustrative materials includemaps, manuscript pages, and title pages. "Criticism" collects thirty responses to Wordsworth?spoetry and prose spanning three centuries by British and Americanauthors. Contributors include Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy ByssheShelley, Felicia Hemans, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Lucy Newlyn, StephenGill, Neil Fraistat, Mary Jacobus, Nicholas Roe, M. H. Abrams, AnneK. Mellor, Michael O?Neill, and Geoffrey Hartman, amongothers. The volume also includes a Chronology, a Biographical Register,a Selected Bibliography, and an Index of Titles and First Lines ofPoems.