A Study of Wordsworth's Ideas about the Farmers of the Lake District

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21520234
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Literature in English
Research Institution	Yamagata University
Principal Investigator	ODA Tomoya 山形大学, 地域教育文化学部, 教授 (20085468)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords	英文学 / 湖水地方 / 共和主義 / 農民
Research Abstract	Independent farmers of the Lake District, usually called statesmen, play very important roles in the works of William Wordsworth. But his description of them has some significant differences with the real statesmen. It has been long studied why these differences came about, but there has been no convincing explanation. In this study I make it clear that Wordsworth's ideas of the Lakes farmers are greatly influenced by the republican view of independent farmers, and his recourse to republicanism is the main cause of these differences.

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