The Excursion and Wordsworth’s Iconography

This book considers William Wordsworth’s use of iconography in his long poem The Excursion . Through the iconographical approach, the author steers a middle course between The Excursion ’s two very different interpretive traditions, one focusing upon the poem’s philosophical abstraction, the other upon its touristic realism. Fresh readings are also offered of Wordsworth’s other major works, including The Prelude . Yen explores Wordsworth’s iconography in The Excursion by tracing allusions and co