内容简介：
This book is the first to present Wordsworth's greatest poem in all three of its separate form. It reprints, on facing pages, the version of "The Prelude" was was completed in 1805, together with the much-revised work published after the poet's death in 1850. In addition the editors include the two-part version of the poem, composed 1798-99. Each of these poems has its distinctive qualities and values; to read them together provides an imcomparable chance to observe a great poet composing and recomposing, through a long life, his major work.
目录：
Preface
Events of Wordsworth's Life
Abbreviations
The Prelude
-- The Two-Part Prelude of 1799
-- The Prelude of 1805 in Thirteen Books
-- The Prelude of 1850 in Fourteen Books
-- MS Drafts and Fragments, 1798-1804
-- Manuscript of The Prelude, 1798-1850
-- The Texts: History and Presentation
Context and Reception
-- References to the Prelude in Process: 1799-1850
-- The Early Reception
Recent Critical Essays
-- Jonathan Wordsworth: The Two-Part Prelude of 1799
-- M. H. Abrams: The Design of The Prelude: Wordsworth's Long Journey Home
-- Geoffrey H. Hartman: A Poet's Progres: Worthworth and the Via Naturaliter Negativa
-- Richard J. Onorato: The Prelude: Metaphors of Beginning and Where They Lead
-- William Empson: Sense in The Prelude
-- Herbert Lindenberger: Images of Interaction in The Prelude
-- W. B. Gallie: Is The Prelude a Philosophical Poem?
Bibliography of Works Cited and Consulted
Selected Reading