The Prelude by William Wordsworth

The Prelude; or, Growth of a Poet's Mind is an autobiographical, "philosophical" poem in blank verse by the English poet William Wordsworth. Wordsworth wrote the first version of the poem when he was 28, and worked over the rest of it for his long life without publishing it. He never gave it a title; he called it the "Poem (title not yet fixed upon) to Coleridge" and in his letters to Dorothy Wordsworth referred to it as "the poem on the growth of my own mind." The poem was unknown to the general public until published three months after Wordsworth's death in 1850, its final name given to it by his wife Mary.

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The Prelude, 1799, 1805, 1850 (Norton Critical Editions) Hardcover 4178067 $2,228.40 $4,051.86
The prelude : or, Growth of a poet's mind : an autobiographical poem Paperback 10398788 $16.52 2009
William Wordsworth: The Pedlar, Tintern Abbey, the Two-Part Prelude Hardcover 8386610 $352.56 $24.82 1985
The Major Works: Including The Prelude (Oxford World's Classics) Paperback 1072518 $34.99 $0.01 2000
The Prelude: The Four Texts (1798, 1799, 1805, 1850) (Penguin Classics) Kindle Edition 336547 $13.38 2004
William Wordsworth: The Prelude: A Parallel Text (English Poets Series) (Bks. 1 & 2) Hardcover 5024359 $97.44 $30.03 1982
The Prelude: 1799, 1805, 1850 (First Edition) Kindle Edition 359896 $1.99 2023
The Prelude or Growth of a Poet's Mind Hardcover 8626372 $3.73
The Prelude Or Growth of a Poet's Mind Hardcover 12412624 $10.00
The Prelude, or Growth of a Poet's Mind. Edited from the manuscripts with introduction, textual and critical notes by Ernest de Selincourt Hardcover 683240 $8.95 1926
The Prelude - Growth of a poet's mind Kindle Edition 1609961 $5.99 2013
The prelude;: Or, Growth of a poet's mind, Hardcover 11244855 $4.26
The Prelude Hardcover 12469580 $17.82
The Prelude (Parallel Text, Penguin) Paperback 5429989 $12.94 $0.01 1977
The Prelude: Or Growth of a Poet's Mind Hardcover 2294421 $25.95 $30.00 2015
The Prelude, Or Growth Of A Poet's Mind Hardcover 12719106 $68.65
The Prelude: Parallel Text Edition (Penguin English poets) Paperback 7196222 $429.70 $0.01 1976
CliffsNotes on Wordsworth's The Prelude Paperback 3034041 $3.97 $3.16 1964
Prelude (The Cornell Wordsworth) Hardcover 7924228 $54.77 1976
William Wordsworth: The Prelude or Growth of a Poet's Mind Hardcover 1720204 $191.40 $54.31 1959
The Prelude Paperback 1018361 $29.95 2018
The Prelude Hardcover 7506559 $10.22
The Prelude: Growth of a Poet's Mind: An Autobiographical Poem Audible Audio Edition 64016 $26.95 2013
The Complete Poetical Works Of William Wordsworth: The Prelude Paperback 1018919 $16.95 $30.63 2018
The Five-Book Prelude Hardcover 5114484 $87.29 $82.80 1997
Prelude (Oxford English Texts) Hardcover 8902033 $45.65
The Thirteen-Book "Prelude" (The Cornell Wordsworth) Hardcover 2771440 $465.98 $459.53 1992
Prelude (Oxford Standard Authors) Hardcover 11796374 $24.36 2005
By William Wordsworth The Prelude: Or, Growth of a Poet's Mind (Text of 1805) (Oxford Paperbacks, 207) (2nd Second Edition) [Paperback] Paperback 7803219 $220.15 $12.28 1970
The Fourteen-Book Prelude (The Cornell Wordsworth) Hardcover 1093464 $188.50 1985
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THE PRELUDE; GROWTH OF A POET'S MIND Kindle Edition 4813401 $8.95 2018
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The Prelude: A Parallel Text (Penguin Classics) by Wordsworth William (1996-05-01) Paperback Paperback 1956521 $33.42 $8.00
The Prelude: Complete Series (BBC Radio 4: Classic Serial) Audible Audiobook 186448 $8.99 2011
The Prelude.: an autobiographical poem Paperback 1744544 $10.50 $10.49 2018
William Wordsworth - The Major Works: including The Prelude (Oxford World's Classics) New Edition by Wordsworth, William published by Oxford University Press, USA (2008) Paperback 1054303 $15.95 $10.68 2008
The PreludeAn Autobiographical Poem Hardcover 9013465 $20.39 $21.28
The Prelude, The Recluse & The Excursion Paperback 650691 $19.99 2020
The Prelude: Or, Growth of a Poet's Mind (Text of 1805) (Oxford Standard Authors) Paperback 2468443 $30.95 $2.25 1970
The Prelude, 1798-1799 (The Cornell Wordsworth) Hardcover 899711 $38.61 1977
The Prelude or, Growth of a Poet's Mind [Illustrated] Kindle Edition 705009 $3.99 2008
Prelude and Other Poems Paperback 820212 $7.48 $7.57 2019
William Wordsworth: The Pedlar, Tintern Abbey, the Two-Part Prelude (Poems) Paperback 2954563 $30.93 $8.13 1985
The Prelude: 1799, 1805, 1850 (First Edition) (Norton Critical Editions) Paperback 257700 $25.80 $1.97 1979
The Prelude Paperback 1826341 $9.19 $5.19 2012
The Prelude: Or Growth of a Poet's Mind Paperback 1181781 $23.09 2012
The prelude : a parallel text Paperback 4492397 $159.88 $3.31
The Prelude or Growth of a Poet's Mind by William Wordsworth Hardcover 10650712 $3.39
The Prelude Hardcover 1724784 $14.00 2022
The Prelude (Annotated) Kindle Edition 1708721 $4.99 2014
The Five-Book Prelude Paperback 1450978 $31.35 $64.64 1997
The Prelude and Other Poems (Alma Classics Great Poets) Kindle Edition 1103120 $2.99 2019
YNA The Prelude (Bks 1 and 2) and Selected Poems (York Notes Advanced) Paperback 937065 $7.96 $1.70 2003
William Wordsworth - The Major Works: including The Prelude (Oxford World's Classics) Paperback 291625 $12.31 $3.77 2008
The Prelude: The Four Texts (1798, 1799, 1805, 1850)--A Parallel Text (Penguin Classics) Paperback 409889 $14.60 $3.15 1996
The Complete Works of William Wordsworth. Illustrated: The Prelude, Tintern Abbey, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, The World is Too Much With Us, To a Butterfly, We Are Seven and others Kindle Edition 1205199 $1.06 2023
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