By examining the family and financial circumstances of Wordsworth's early years,
this illuminating biography reshapes our understanding of the great Romantic
poet's most creative period of life and writing.
* Features new research into Wordsworth's financial situation, and into how the
poet and his family survived financially
* Offers a new understanding of the role of his great unwritten poem 'The
Recluse'
* Presents a new assessment of the relationship between Wordsworth and
Coleridge