ENGL 200 D: Reading Literature: Literature in the Marketplace

For tomorrow, Tuesday, I’d like you to read poems by Wordsworth that were originally set for Thursday. The reading calendar has now been updated, but for convenience’s sake, I’ll repost here:

Tuesday:

“Beggars,” (William Wordsworth) http://www.bartleby.com/145/ww191.html

“The Female Vagrant” (William Wordsworth) http://bit.ly/iQE7Ep

“Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey…” (read ONLY ll. 1-110) http://www.bartleby.com/145/ww138.html

The first two poems are, as you’d expect, Wordsworth writing about the poor. I’m also asking you to look at a section of “Tintern Abbey,” which is one of his best-known works, to give you a sense of how he writes about himself.