Fashioning a voice of her own : the poetics of place in Dorothy Wordsworth’s poetry, narratives, and travel writing

Abstract

This thesis reexamines Dorothy Wordsworth's poetry, narratives, and travel writing that have been obscured from the Romantic canon and neglected by scholars. Dorothy cultivates a poetic voice, not in the domestic sphere, but in the natural world, and she creates a literary tradition that challenges and evokes a questioning of "Wordsworthian poetics".