Buried Communities: Wordsworth and the Bonds of Mourning

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Buried Communities Buried Communities Wordsworth and the Bonds of Mourning 鵹鵺 Kurt Fosso STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS Cover illustration: from the juvenile chapbook The Little Maid and The Gentleman; or, We are Seven. 1820. York: Printed by J. Kendrew, 1840, 15 pp. illus.; p. 8. 9 cm. Courtesy of the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. Reference (shelfmark) Vet. A6 g.45 (17). Published by State University of New York Press, Albany© 2004 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, address State University of New York Press, 90 State Street, Suite 700, Albany, NY 12207 Production by Christine L. Hamel Marketing by Anne Valentine Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fosso, Kurt, 1958– Buried communities : Wordsworth and the bonds of mourning / Kurt Fosso. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-7914-5959-4 (alk. paper) 1. Wordsworth, William, 1770–1850—Criticism and interpretation. 2. Death in literature. 3. Wordsworth, William, 1770–1850—Political and social views. 4. Literature and society—England—History—19th century. 5. Elegiac poetry, English—History and criticism. 6. Mourning customs in literature. 7. Community in literature. 8. Grief in literature. I. Title. PR5892.D35B87 2003 821'.7—dc22 2003057291 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For my father, Harold C. Fosso ...