Coleridge, Wordsworth, and the Rhine Tour of 1828

Jarvis, Robin

Coleridge, Wordsworth, and the Rhine Tour of 1828

Jarvis, Robin

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Abstract

This essay explores Coleridge's and Wordsworth's Continental "reunion tour" in the summer of 1828. It asks why the poetic output of this tour was so meagre, on both sides, and considers this in the context of their lives and literary careers at that point in time, and in particular the two poets' shared experience of ageing. In addition to poems, letters, and Coleridge's notebooks, the essay draws on Dora Wordsworth's unpublished manuscript journal of the 1828 tour.

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Oct 1, 2016
Publication Date	Jul 1, 2017
Deposit Date	Jul 18, 2017
Publicly Available Date	Jul 31, 2019
Journal	The Coleridge Bulletin
Peer Reviewed	Not Peer Reviewed
Volume	49
Pages	25-34
Keywords	Coleridge, Wordsworth, travel, tour, ageing, Rhine
Public URL	https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/884880
Publisher URL	http://www.friendsofcoleridge.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6&Itemid=29
Contract Date	Jul 18, 2017