Author:William Wordsworth
It is hard to imagine how radically the tender songs and simple stories in this collection changed the history of English poetry, but Wordsworth exerted a profound influence on the whole of nineteeth-century culture in Britain and America.
His literary revolution was founded on three principles: introspection, nature worship and the cult of ordinary experience. These three he blended together in a verse which is simple in manner but profound and deeply moving in content. In an age of revolutionary upheaval, industrial stress and religious doubt, Wordsworth rediscovered spiritual value in the individual’s encounter with nature. In our own age of ecological disaster and moral uncertainty, his achievement speaks to us more urgently than ever.
From the poet’s extensive output, this comprehensive selection includes everything non-specialist readers are likely to need.
Very amusing, ironic and wise... a success, no doubt about it
—— Sydney Morning HeraldA novel of epic proportions. It's not merely about characters and events, but also about shapes and landscapes, history and the future, fact and falsehood, light and darkness... He writes with a rare perception of the Australian struggle for a defineable identity in bold, inventive, often wildly funny prose
—— David Rooney , Time OutThe work of a dazzling imagination
—— Kate Saunders , IndependentSurvivor comes bowling forth out of the same dark corner of the mind as Fight Club... Like its predecessor, it is a terminal novel, a novel that applies the firing-squad principle to extort tortured eloquence from its doomed narrator
—— EsquireBrilliant satire and savagely funny, Survivor offers much to admire. Palahniuk displays a swiftian gift for satire, as well as a knack for crafting mesmerizing sentences that loom with stark, prickly prose and repetitive rhythms
—— San Francisco ChronicleOne of the most gripping and touching stories I have ever read
—— Peter Snow , WeekThis is a gem
—— MirrorStands out from the mass of chick-fic like a poppy in a cornfield . . . Glitters with insight
—— NovaPraise for Lisa Jewell
—— -Addictively readable
—— The TimesTerrific
—— Sunday TimesA joy . . . a fun summer read
—— GuardianTackles serious issues with humour - proving that chick-lit can be intelligent, interesting and huge fun
—— Sunday ExpressA triumph
—— HelloTop marks. Fantastic
—— HeatMoving and intelligent
—— IndependentMagnetic, unpretentious and bursting with one-liners
—— CosmopolitanJewell's readability and emotional intelligence make her the cream of pop fiction
—— GlamourFans of chick-lit will understand when I say that this is a book you simply disappear into
—— Sunday Telegraph
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