![]() ![]() The first volume, published in 1798 was published anonymously. ![]() The first point of interest is the names on each of the volumes. These items are a good comparative tool as they demonstrate the nuanced differences in volumes published within two years of each other. Therefore examination and understanding of the order and reorder of this collection will highlight their purposes and intentions. They intended to reform perspectives in society, not just be praised for flowery words. ![]() Poets (especially Wordsworth and Coleridge) are chiefly concerned with the affects of the poetry on the reader. This indicates that the composition and placement is, in a sense, ingrained in the very essence of the poems. It is essential to keep in mind that Lyrical Ballads was published as an experiment of composition. ![]() It additionally gives a framework for the circumstances in which the volumes were published. These editions provide insight into Wordsworth’s intentional placement of poems. These items are held in the Armstrong Browning Rare Books collection. This post will examine and describe the significance of the rare items, Wordsworth, Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems (1798), First edition (second issue) and Wordsworth, Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, in two volumes (1800). Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, in two volumes (1800) Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems (first edition, second issue 1798) William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge: ![]()
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