William and Dorothy Wordsworth is the first literary biography of the Wordsworths' creative collaboration.

In this second edition of William Wordsworth: A Life, Stephen Gill draws on knowledge of the poet's creative practices and his reputation and influence in his life-time and beyond.

Revealing how thoroughly Wordsworth shared his inner and passional life with Mary, this volume puts to rest the notion that theirs was a marriage of convenience.

More than any other poet, Wordsworth was his own biographer, and told his story through his verse. This work on the poet's entire life and times remains the only full-length popular biography.

This edition includes full explanatory notes on the people and places Dorothy writes about.

A delightful and comprehensive look at the lives and works of some of England's finest poets.

"This is a Wordsworth we have never quite seen before."--Hermione Lee, The New York Times