Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-210) and index.
Cover; Table of Contents; General Editors' Preface; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Counting the People; 2 Classifying the People; 3 Surveying and Writing the Nation; 4 The Wreck of Is and Was; 5 A Detailed Local Survey; 6 A National Property; 7 A Service to the Nation; Bibliography; Index.
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Examining Wordsworth's writing and publishing against the contemporaneous emergence of the national census, national survey, and national museum, Garrett argues, reveals Wordsworth not as a fading and withdrawn middle-aged poet but as an engaged public figure attempting to 'write the nation' and position himself as the nation's poet.
Wordsworth and the writing of the nation.
Wordsworth, William,1770-1850-- Criticism and interpretation.
Wordsworth, William,1770-1850-- Knowledge-- Great Britain.
Wordsworth, William,1770-1850.
Census.
Cultural property-- Protection-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century.
Museums-- Political aspects-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century.