Wordsworth’s Liturgical Excursion
This article joins the critical reassessment of the Romantic generation’s role in contemporary debates about religious belief and practice. I focus on Wordsworth’s frequent but often neglected use of liturgical discourse in The Excursion. Critics have repeatedly characterized the poem as a “failure”...
| Published in: | Christianity & literature |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
2023
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Christianity & literature
Year: 2023, Volume: 72, Issue: 3, Pages: 405-422 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles KDE Anglican Church RB Church office; congregation RC Liturgy |
| Further subjects: | B
Wordsworth
B Liturgy B Christianity B Religious Practice |
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| Summary: | This article joins the critical reassessment of the Romantic generation’s role in contemporary debates about religious belief and practice. I focus on Wordsworth’s frequent but often neglected use of liturgical discourse in The Excursion. Critics have repeatedly characterized the poem as a “failure” due to the fact Wordsworth’s skeptical character, the Solitary, does not undergo a conversion experience at the poem’s end. I argue that by paying close attention to liturgical discourse, we do see a change in Solitary—a growing openness to spiritual fellowship, which the poem ultimately names as “communion.” |
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| ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/chy.2023.a910032 |