<P> The Preface to the Lyrical Ballads is an essay , composed by William Wordsworth , for the second edition ( published in January 1801 , and often referred to as the `` 1800 Edition '' ) of the poetry collection Lyrical Ballads , and then greatly expanded in the third edition of 1802 . It has come to be seen as a de facto manifesto of the Romantic movement . </P>
<P> The Preface to the Lyrical Ballads is an essay , composed by William Wordsworth , for the second edition ( published in January 1801 , and often referred to as the `` 1800 Edition '' ) of the poetry collection Lyrical Ballads , and then greatly expanded in the third edition of 1802 . It has come to be seen as a de facto manifesto of the Romantic movement . </P>
who wrote preface to lyrical ballads 2nd edition
who wrote preface to lyrical ballads 2nd edition
William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth