"The child is father of the man": The Educational Writings of Thomas Wedgwood and the Poems of William Wordsworth, 1798-1804
"The child is father of the man": The Educational Writings of Thomas Wedgwood and the Poems of William Wordsworth, 1798-1804
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“孩子是男人的父亲”：托马斯·韦奇伍德的教育著作和威廉·华兹华斯的诗歌，1798-1804 年
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10.1086/724937
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2023
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Fulford T
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我在这里认为，一个更详细的调查未出版的手稿的哲学家，心理学家，和实验主义者托马斯韦奇伍德比华兹华斯学者迄今所承担的是暗示更大的巧合比已经注意到他和华兹华斯的著作。大卫·埃德曼（David Erdman）评论道，“在与韦奇伍德（Wedgwood）会面之前，[华兹华斯，1797年]没有就自然物体对天才成长的影响这一主题表达过任何思想，也没有对自己或其他任何人的心理成长进行过任何传记研究”（Erdman，487-88页;见钱德勒，96-97页）。韦奇伍德关于学习的想法，埃德曼认为，是华兹华斯整个职业生涯中“最富有成效的刺激”。由于韦奇伍德的手稿比埃德曼更容易获得，我们可以在1797年和1798年提出一些关于儿童学习，自然物体，记忆和自我的具体刺激点。警告：一位很少发表作品且早逝的作家的现存信件、手稿和笔记构成了影响力的间接证据，而不是决定性证据。我在这里提出的情况下，他们的基础是不容易证明的;这是一种开放的可能性重读诗歌的历史背景下，而不是一个铁的示范韦奇伍德的影响华兹华斯（和/或反之亦然）的方式。
I argue here that a more detailed survey of the unpublished manuscripts of the philosopher, psychologist, and experimentalist Thomas Wedgwood than Wordsworth scholars have hitherto undertaken is suggestive of greater coincidence than has been noted between his and Wordsworth’s writings. David Erdman observed, in a comment that later critics have not pursued very far, that “before meeting Wedgwood,[Wordsworth, in 1797] had not articulated a single thought upon the subject of the influence of natural objects on the growth of genius—nor had he made the slightest attempt at a biographical study of his own or anyone else’s mental growth”(Erdman 487–88; see Chandler 96–97). Wedgwood’s ideas about learning, Erdman suggested, were “the most fruitful stimulus” in Wordsworth’s entire career. With the benefit of greater access to Wedgwood’s manuscripts than Erdman enjoyed, we can suggest some specific points of stimulation in 1797 and 1798 concerning childhood learning, natural objects, memory, and selfhood. A caveat: the surviving letters, manuscripts, and notes of a writer who published little and died early constitute circumstantial, not conclusive, evidence of influence. The case I make here on their basis is not susceptible of proof; it is suggestive—a way of opening possibilities for rereading poems in their historical context rather than a cast-iron demonstration of Wedgwood’s effect on Wordsworth (and/or vice versa).