William Wordsworth and the Theology of Poverty

Exploring the relationship between poverty and religion in William Wordsworth’s poetry, Heidi J. Snow argues that the presumed atheism of Wordsworth’s youth does not take account of the multifaceted theological perspectives found in his body of work. Snow reconstructs the complex religious landscape in which Wordsworth wrote, complicating our understanding of Wordsworth’s theological influences and his views on the poor.