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JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS

Wordsworth's Ethics

Wordsworth's Ethics

ISBN: 9781421417028
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Why read Wordsworths poetryindeed, why read poetry at all? Beyond any pleasure it might give, can it make one a better or more flourishing person? These questions were never far from William Wordsworths thoughts. He responded in rich and varied ways, in verse and in prose, in both well-known and more obscure writings. Wordsworth's Ethics is a comprehensive examination of the Romantic poets work, delving into his desire to understand the source and scope of our ethical obligations. Adam Potkay finds that Wordsworth consistently rejects the kind of impersonal utilitarianism that was espoused by his contemporaries James Mill and Jeremy Bentham in favor of a view of ethics founded in relationships with particular persons and things. The discussion proceeds chronologically through Wordsworths career as a writerfrom his juvenilia through his poems of the 1830s and '40sproviding a valuable introduction to the poets work. The book will appeal to readers interested in the vital connection between literature and moral philosophy.

By Adam Potkay

Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS

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Format: PAPERBACK

Pages: 272

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Audition and Attachment
2. Close Encounters I
3. Close Encounters II
4. The Ethics of Things
5. Music versus Conscience
6. Captivation and Liberty in Poems on Music
7. The Moral Sublime
8. Independence and Interdependence
9. Surviving Death
10. The Poetics of Life
Envoy
Notes
Works Cited
Index

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