Tom Williams

Wordsworth may have been partially eclipsed by his fellow Romantics, but his life was far from dull

Not only did he father an illegitimate child in revolutionary France, but his curious relationship with his sister reveals a deeply complex man

The problems Wordsworth envisaged of man’s connection with nature feel more pressing than ever today
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