Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to the English poet William Wordsworth (1770–1850), or to his style.
- n. An admirer or a follower of the poet Wordsworth.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. in the manner of William Wordsworth
Examples
“Keats's own formulation seems to separate his Poetical Character from, for example, the "wordsworthian or egostistical sublime".”
“Martinique volcanoes shatter our wordsworthian equilibrium with nature.”
A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy
“Member; that sort distinguished from the wordsworthian or egotistical sublime, which is a thing per se and stands alone), it is not itself — it has no self — it is everything and nothing — It has no character — it enjoys light and shade; it lives in gusto, be it foul or fair, high or low, rich or poor, mean or elevated.”
“Each took exception to qualities in Wordsworth's temperament and writings ” his aloofness, his matter-of-factness, his austerity, and the self-concern that Keats called 'the wordsworthian or egotistical sublime.”
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