University of Malta. Institute of Anglo-Italian Studies
Abstract
Wordsworth's direct acquaintance with Italy during his most
creative years was very slight. His Continental tours of 1790 and
1820 included brief visits to the Italian Alps (and, the second time
round, to Milan). But his most comprehensive visit to the country
was delayed until 1837, when the discomforts of coach travel in
a cholera-stricken land (not to mention the late hours kept up by
his travelling-companion, Henry Crabb Robinson), made the whole
experience somewhat wearisome to the ageing poet, - though his
letters home are a conscientious record of what he saw and felt.peer-reviewe
