Full Title: Preface to the Lyrical Ballads

Author: William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Written Date: 1800-1802

Published Date: 1800 (2nd ed.), 1802 (3rd ed.)

Location Setting: Grasmere, England

Literary Period: Romantic

Genre: Essay, Manifesto

Antagonist: Late-Neoclassical writers

Point of View: First Person