David,
I expressed myself very poorly. What I was stutteringly trying to query was
the connection between preferring a young Wordsworth and preferring a young
everybody - but it is not a major question, more a passing thought; and I
couldn't even express myself properly!
For what it's worth I think I probably agree with your comments here re the
1805 vs 1850 thing
L
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From: "David E. Latane" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: 21 April 2000 21:05
Subject: Re: The Grime of the Ancient Mariner
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| On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Lawrence Upton wrote:
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| > | Many recent anthologies have chosen the earliest possible form of a
poem.
| > | This comes in part from the widespread preference for the young man's
| > | Prelude (1805) over the posthumous version (1850).
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| > Is there that causal link? How do you know? I'm intrigued. Do *you
prefer
| > the 1850 Prelude?!
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| > L
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| If by causal you're thinking of youth/age--I'd say partly. Romanticism
| was constructed, especially during the 60s when many current editors were
| educated, as rebellious and youthful.
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| I suppose, on the hole, I prefer 1805--though the deletion of the
| vaudracouer & julia episode in 1850 is good, and some of the new passages
| are splendid. I tend to reread it in alternate versions.
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| David Latane
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