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Notting Hill Editions

The Lake Poets

The Lake Poets

An Anthology

Introduction by James Rebanks

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Inspired by the spectacular pastoral landscapes of the region, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, Dorothy Wordsworth, and Charles Lamb are best remembered for their incredible depictions of the English fells, lakes, and coastlines, which continue to enchant visitors from around the world. 

Here, through their selected writings, we are reminded of the lasting influence that this exquisite place has on this famous group of writers.

The book includes such favorites as Wordsworth's “I Wander’d Lonely as a Cloud” and Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan.”  It has 44 poems, an excerpt from Dorothy Wordsworth’s journal, and a brief biography of each poet.

The anthology is rounded off by a personal and insightful introduction by James Rebanks, charting the radical roots of the poets, Rebanks’s own growing appreciation of their work, and the legacy of the poems.

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Series: Notting Hill Editions
ISBN: 9781912559701
Pages: 168
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Praise

A beautifully produced new collection of poetry celebrating the Lake District with a personal and insightful introduction by James Rebanks, charting the Lake poets’ radical roots, his growing appreciation of their work and the poems' legacy.
—North Lakes Living

"They put the Lake District at the heart of the English literary imagination," writes Rebanks in a thoughtful introduction to this anthology. The Cumbrian farmer who shot to fame with A Shepherd’s Life reminds us that, far from being fops wandering lonely as clouds, the Lake Poets were radicals. One for thoughtful readers.
—Saga Magazine

The introduction from farmer-memoirist James Rebanks provides contemplation on how the history of these poets has impacted local life in Lakeland, and the complicated legacy they leave for our notions of culture and nature. The lessons James draws from the Lake Poets demonstrate how the radical edge of classic poetry can still reverberate across generations.
—Cumbria Life

What distinguishes Notting Hill Editions’ fine and handsomely bound anthology from any number of collections...is the efficacy of its selections. Concise, focused, and including poems and prose pieces from several of the major architects of the Romantic movement, The Lake Poets successfully resolves a huge expanse of contemplative thought into satisfying precis.
—Yorkshire Times

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