A jointly assembled collection of poems by Coleridge and Wordsworth, published anonymously in 1798 and expanded with a second volume and Wordsworth's own critical Preface in 1800, conventionally treated as the founding document of English Romanticism. It opens with Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and closes with Wordsworth's Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, and its Preface called for poetry in the real language of ordinary men rather than the elevated diction of eighteenth century verse.
Facts
Classification
Original Language Composed, From (Year) Connections
Associated With
The 1798 joint publication is the movement's own stated candidate for its effective English start.
Source The Norton Anthology of World Literature
Authored By
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
In Genre
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Lyrical Ballads
WikipediaLead paragraphQuote, Lead paragraph
Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems is a collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, first published in 1798 and generally considered to have marked the beginning of the English Romantic movement in literature. The immediate effect on critics was modest, but it became and remains a landmark, changing the course of English literature and poetry.
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.- Lyrical Ballads entry
- Authored By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Authored By: William Wordsworth
- In Genre: Lyric Poetry
View the Source The Norton Anthology of World Literature
W. W. Norton & CompanyAssociated With: Romanticism
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.