It would do great good, and might form a Part of 'The Recluse'." (STC to WW, Sept. I wish you would write a poem, in blank verse, addressed to those who, in consequence of the complete failure of the French Revolution, have thrown up all hopes of amelioration of mankind, and are sinking into an almost Epicurean selfishness, disguising the same under the soft titles of domestic attachment and contempt for visionary philosophies. For instance, in 1799 he wrote to Wordsworth: "I am anxiously eager to have you steadily employed on 'The Recluse'. Ĭoleridge's inspiration and interest is evident in his letters. In his introduction to the version of 1850 Wordsworth explains that the original idea, inspired by his "dear friend" Coleridge, was "to compose a philosophical Poem, containing views of Man, Nature, and Society, and to be entitled the Recluse as having for its principal subject, the sensations and opinions of a poet living in retirement".
Wordsworth often commented in his letters that he was plagued with agony because he had failed to finish the work. If The Recluse had been completed, it would have been about three times as long as Paradise Lost (33,000 lines versus 10,500). Wordsworth initially planned to write this work together with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, their joint intent being to surpass John Milton's Paradise Lost. Though Wordsworth planned this project when he was in his late 20s, he went to his grave at 80 years old having written to some completion only The Prelude and the second part ( The Excursion), and leaving no more than fragments of the rest. The poem was intended as the prologue to a long three-part epic and philosophical poem, The Recluse. The Prelude was the product of a lifetime: for the last part of his life Wordsworth had been "polishing the style and qualifying some of its radical statements about the divine sufficiency of the human mind in its communion with nature". The 1850 Prelude, published shortly after Wordsworth's death, in 14 books.The 1805 Prelude, which was found and printed by Ernest de Sélincourt in 1926, in 13 books.The 1799 Prelude, called the Two-Part Prelude, composed 1798–1799, containing the first two parts of the later poem.2 Structure: The Prelude and The Recluse.He observed holidaymakers at the sea side and the beau monde and the cocottes in their furs and extraordinary hats strolling in the Bois de Boulogne. He photographed people at leisure, playing tennis, skiing, ice-skating. He loved racing cars, aeroplanes and kites. He remained a boy for ever, precociously adept at capturing transient moments. His youthful curiosity never deserted when he grew up. His father, a wealthy banker, wanted him to be happy. The book, an affectionate memoir based on his diary, covers his youth from 11 to 18. Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) was 7 or 8 when he was given his first camera.in 1902. LARTIGUE The Boy and the Belle Epoque by Louise Baring (Thames & Hudson £28). His greatest poems are those where autobiography, perception and narrative are woven seamlessly into one texture. His true vocation was exploring the lives of humble people living in close contact with nature. For him the value of poetry lay in the state of mind which the poems recorded emotion recollected in tranquility. His masterpiece was The Prelude, a long autobiographical account of his own development. The Lyrical Ballads were a major landmark. Wordsworth (1870-1950) brought a completely new approach to the writing of English poetry and his poems are remarkable for their intensity and purity. Gill is the leading authority on the poet and writes in great detail about his life and work an essential book for all students. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH A LIFE by Stephen Gill (Oxford University Press £25). It is the realism combined with the symbolism which makes his art so radical and so admired. His exceptional power of observation and hand-eye co-ordination result in breath-taking accuracy. The panels are sober on the outside and blazingly colourful on the inside. His most famous works are the great multi-panels of the Ghent altarpiece and the Arfini Portrait. His secular portraits are fierce, and realistic. Jan Van Eyck (1390-1441) had a wonderful down to earth virtuosity. A truly magnificent celebration of the creativity and skill of the brilliant Flemish artist, one of the most influential figures in Europe, who altered the art and technique that came after him a great turning-point in the history of art.
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