ENG308Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Organicism
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Intended to write a great epic poem that will be called the recluse. Nature, the mind, the human being, how they interact, and the meaning of life. The prelude was given by wordsworth"s wife as a title. He talks about how difficult it is to find a theme. Maybe he"s write a romance characteristic of the medieval romances. The prelude is about the roots of wordsworth creative powers and the role of nature. He realizes that the roots of his creative powers are linked to the world of nature. Since he was writing the prelude before the recluse, it was about what kind of human being he is. The prelude became the great epic in the end. The prelude was originally preparation for a great epic. Pause where wordsworth reflects on his early debt to reading. Reading and immersion in nature are both important. He"s excited and full of anticipation and longing of passing the alps.
