Affiliation of Author(s):

英语学院

Journal:

Peer English

Funded by:

无依托项目研究成果

Abstract:

This article performs a detailed close reading of William Wordsworth’s ‘Home at Grasmere’ (1814) in order to probe the ambivalence of the writing act, and negotiate the paradox presented by ‘homecoming’, for the orphaned poet. This paper interweaves 20th-21st century critical thought on the figure and condition of the exile with reflections on Wordsworth’s deliberate departures (or ‘self-banishments’) from his liteary heritage to contextualise the hard-fought reconciliation between writing, self and home with which the poem ends.

Indexed by:

Journal paper

Volume:

7-18

ISSN No.:

ISSN 1746-5621

Translation or Not:

no

Date of Publication:

2018-06-19

First Author:

peiyun