The prelude: place, self, crisis, and imagination
Wordsworth's walking tour of the Alps, summer 1790
Book first. Introduction; childhood and school -time
Book second. School -time, continued
Book third. Residence at Cambridge
Book fourth. Summer vacation
Book sixth. Cambridge and the Alps
Book seventh. Residence in London
Book eighth. Retrospect; love of nature leading to love of mankind
Book ninth. Residence in France
Book tenth. Residence in France and French Revolution
Book eleventh. Imagination, how impaired and restored
Book twelfth. Same subject, continued
Book thirteenth. Conclusion
To William Wordsworth, S.T. Coleridge
A note on the text and editorial practice
Selected bibliography and scholarly editions of The prelude.
