Dorothy Wordsworth's Rydal Journals

Nicholas Mason is Professor of English at Brigham Young University. His publications on Romantic-era literature include recent editions of Dorothy Wordsworth’s Lake District writings and her brother William’s Guide to the Lakes.Susanne Sutton is a retired English teacher and independent researcher in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

• General IntroductionBiographical Sketch and TimelineNotes on the Text and Editorial MethodsThe House and Grounds at Rydal MountKey Sites in the Rydal JournalsPart 1: Rydal Mount (Notebook 1, Dec. 1824–Dec. 1825)Part 2: Herefordshire, Radnorshire, and Coleorton (Notebooks 2–4, Feb.–Nov. 1826)Part 3: Rydal and Halifax (Notebooks 5–7, Nov. 1826–June 1828)Part 4: The Isle of Man (Notebooks 8–9, June–July 1828)Part 5: Whitwick and Halifax (Notebooks 9–10, July 1828–Sep. 1829)Part 6: Convalescence (Notebooks 10–13, Sep. 1829–Dec. 1831)Part 7: Confinement (Notebooks 13–15, Oct. 1832–Nov. 1835)

'Mason and Sutton’s edition of the Rydal Journals is an outstanding addition to those of the Grasmere and Alfoxden journals and the Wordsworths’ letters. The extratextual materials are extraordinary for their historical insight and detail, and the scholarly apparatus surrounding and supporting the journal transcriptions provides invaluable insight into the early journals and letters as well. This is a must-have publication, revelatory for its revision of Dorothy Wordsworth’s later years as creative, insightful, and worthy of study.' Professor Elizabeth Fay, University of Massachusetts Boston