Radical Wordsworth: The Poet Who Changed the World

Radical Wordsworth: The Poet Who Changed the World
JONATHAN BATE, WILLIAM COLLINS, RRP£25
“All who hike or simply gaze in the wild places are legatees of Wordsworth’s . . . way of seeing,” writes Jonathan Bate in his biography, published to mark the 250th anniversary of the poet’s birth. In a time of lockdown, Wordsworth’s vision — of the joy to be found in nature, and the solace to be had from a new way of thinking — offers the modern reader a radical escape.