Together, the Norton Critical Editions of Wordsworth's Poetry and Prose and The Prelude: 1799, 1805, 1850 are the essential texts for studying this author.Wordsworth's Poetry and Prose includes a large selection of texts chronologically arranged, thereby allowing readers to trace the author's evolving interests and ideas. An insightful general introduction and textual introduction precede the texts, each of which is fully annotated. Illustrative materials include maps, manuscript pages, and title pages. "Criticism" collects thirty responses to Wordsworth's poetry and prose spanning three centuries by British and American authors. Contributors include Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Felicia Hemans, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Lucy Newlyn, Stephen Gill, Neil Fraistat, Mary Jacobus, Nicholas Roe, M. H. Abrams, Karen Swann, Michael O'Neill, and Geoffrey Hartman, among others. The volume also includes a Chronology, a Biographical Register, a Selected Bibliography, and an Index of Titles and First Lines of Poems.

    With a witty gentleness bordering on the eerie, Hearn describes in these pieces the song of the cricket, the spectral flight of dragon-flies, quotes the entomological haiku of classical Japan, and recalls Buddhist tales in which the souls of insects and men are never far one from the other.Contents"Of Insects and Children" by Anne-Sylvie Homassel"Forward" by Masanobu OtaniI. "Butterflies"II. "Mosquitoes"III. "Ants"IV. "Story of a Fly"V. "Fireflies"VI. "Dragon-flies"VII. "Sémi"VIII. "Insect-Musicians"IX. "Kusa-Hibari"X. "Some Poems about Insects"XI. "Insects and Greek Poetry"XII. "Some French Poetry about Insects"XIII. "Insect Politics"XIV. "Under the Electric Light"XV. "——! ——!! Mosquitoes!!!"XVI. "The Festive"XVII. "The Jewel Insect"XVIII. "Dr. Hava’s Tarantula"XIX. "Gaki"XX. "The Dream of Akinosuké""Acknowledgements"Born on the Greek island of Lefkada, Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was brought up in both Ireland and England. At nineteen he emigrated to the United States where he became a journalist. After a sojourn in the French West Indies, he sailed for Japan in 1890. Hearn wrote extensively about his new homeland, its tales, customs, and religions, acting as a bridge between Japan and the Western world. He died in Tokyo where he is buried under his Japanese name, Koizumi Yakumo.