﻿Indiana University Studies 



Vol. XI, No. 7 



BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA 



July 1, 1913 



Argument 



The following essay on Wordsivorth's Mind is divided into four 

 chapters. 



The first chapter, 'Realism and the Coloring of Imagination,' 

 is a discussion of A¥ordsworth 's well-known theories of the 

 matter and language of poetry and their relation to eighteenth 

 century realism , 5 



The second chapter, 'The Wordsworthian Note in Eighteenth 

 Century Verse,' further attempts to make clear "Wordsworth's 

 relation to the previous age .13 



The third chapter, ' AVordsworthian Romanticism,' defines the 

 romantic view of nature and describes Wordsworth's position 

 among his romantic contemporaries 22 



The fourth chapter, 'The Round of Thought in '^The Prelude." ' 

 deals with Wordsworth 's conscious analysis, in his poetic auto- 

 biography, of the groAvth of his mind as a natural and orig- 

 inal social force 30 



