This essay analyzes Wordsworth's conception and representation of memory in light of current scientific research on the operation of memory. Most psychological interpretations of Wordsworth have followed a Freudian model, applying concepts such as repression and screen memories to the poet's treament of the past. Recent memory research has challenged many of Freud's notions and offers new and, I argue, more fitting theories for understanding the nature and function of memory in Wordsworth's poetry. [B.L.]