Lyrical Ballads

Lyrical Ballads, 1798, was the flame that lit the English Romantic movement, its spark being that of the somewhat earlier William Blake.

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1798 - Romantic movement - William Blake

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The book was a joint venture between William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Both set out to overturn what they considered the priggish, learned and highly sculpted forms of eighteenth century English poetry.

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William Wordsworth - Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Eighteenth century - English - Poetry

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In the 1800 edition Wordworth added his famous "Preface" where he explained his poetical concept.

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