Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Wordsworth's geology: references and allusions; 3. 'Pronounce their benediction: speak of them as powers': the wider context of geological information; 4. Trinity men; 5. Order, clarity, distinctness; 6. 'The universality of nature's kingdom'?; 7. Duration and decay: the abyss of time; 8. Geology: the poetic discipline; 9. Geologists and humanity; 10. Conclusion.

Promotional Information

This 1995 book is a study of the relationship between Wordsworth and leaders of the new science of geology.

Reviews

'… an absorbing and important book.' Stephen Gill, Romanticism