JOURNAL ARTICLE

"Excuse the Spelling Which is Probably Wrong": Wordsworth and Tourism's Welsh Languages.

  • Published In: Studies in Romanticism, 2024, v. 63, n. 2. P. 117 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Constantine, Mary-Ann; Kaminski-Jones, Rhys 3 of 3

Abstract

This essay places poetry from Wordsworth's Welsh tours within the wider context of Romantic tourism's encounter with the Welsh language. Welsh played a key part in Romantic-period tour literature: anxiety and prejudice were characteristic of this contact zone, but it also inspired supra-linguistic communion and a co-created 'tourist Welsh.' Similar themes abound in Wordsworth's poetry, from the sentimental communication of "Simon Lee," to the topographical lacunae and ersatz-Welsh experiments of later Welsh-set sonnets. Wordsworth's 'Welsh' was sometimes a hindrance, an annoyance, or a silence—but despite admitting his grasp of the language was "probably wrong," it catalyzed his Romanticization of Wales. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Studies in Romanticism. 2024/06, Vol. 63, Issue 2, p117
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Literature and Writing
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:0039-3762
  • DOI:10.1353/srm.2024.a931778
  • Accession Number:178586137
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