Presence of God in the Works of William Wordsworth

Eliza Borkowska (https://www.elizaborkowska.com/info) is Associate Professor of Literature at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw and the author of But He Talked of the Temple of Man’s Body: Blake’s Revelation Un-Locked (2009). She is currently working as a co-author on the first translation of Blake’s Jerusalem into Polish.

• ONE A Prelude—The Author Behind the Work: The Memoirs of William WordsworthTWO "Wisdom and s/Spirit of the universe[!]"—The Indeterminacy of Wordsworth’s Religious SignpostingTHREE "(Thanks to the good God / That made us)"—The Allusiveness of Wordsworth’s Religious DiscourseFOUR "Upon this I shall insist elsewhere . . ."—Religion in The Prose Works of William WordsworthFIVE "[S]urrounded . . . by kneeling crowds"—Churchgoing and Prayer in The Poetical Works of WordsworthSIX The Excursion—Wordsworth’s "Dramatic" ModeSEVEN The Prelude—The Author’s VoiceEIGHT Postscript—The Author’s MethodRETROSPECT—Or the Turn

“I know of no other study of Wordsworth that compares with this in its range, or in the passionate attention it brings to its subject. It is an extraordinary, imaginative, and thoughtfully empathetic reading of the whole of the poet’s long lifetime’s work. This is a book with which future Wordsworth scholars will have to reckon, and one that will offer much to surprise and challenge readers who think they know his poetry.” Heather Glen, University of Cambridge, UK.