This book is important for students of Wordsworth.
Preface; 1. Given and to prove; 2. The instinctive revolt; 3. Adjustment; 4. Apprentice poet; 5. 1789; 6. Open slights; 7. Adrift; 8. 'Strong disease'; 9. The intellectual revolt; Appendix: Wordsworth's Academic Reading; Notes; Index; Plates I-IV.