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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100198712022

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Book TitleColeridge's Notebooks : a Selection

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPoetry, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Publication Year2004

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism

AuthorSeamus Perry

FormatUk-Trade Paper

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight12 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.4 in

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Reviews"This delightfully edited selection of the journals of Samuel Taylor Coleridge...reintroduces the general reader to one of the most fascinating characters in literary history.... Coleridge's Notebooks belong with St. Augustine's Confessions as evidence of the seriousness with which one may take the Socratic command, 'know thyself'.... Dipped into or read through (the commentary is always helpful and at times eloquent; with commentary, these selections very nearly comprise an autobiography), Coleridge's Notebooks brings us as close as can be to the great Romantic, and at times perhaps uncomfortably close to our unacknowledged selves."--The Providence Journal"[A] brilliantly edited selection, which must now be an indispensable item on any Coleridge bibliography.... [This volume] deftly and concisely explain[s] the debates of the time, ranging over such burning issues as unitarianism, associationism, pantheism and Spinozism, which Coleridge refers to frequently. More importantly, it puts the poet's philosophical and theological arguments with himself... firmly into the context of his own life.... Every single page of this precious book yields up riches. No one interested in human thought and feeling should be without it."--The Guardian"This is an indispensable collection of the thoughts, observations, metaphors, aphorisms, and musings of a sublimely curious consciousness."--Bill Marx, WBUR Public Arts, fhese impassioned little jottings and snippets reveal the philosopher in the poet more clearly than any of his more ponderous works, and they are lovely to dip into., "This delightfully edited selection of the journals of Samuel Taylor Coleridge...reintroduces the general reader to one of the most fascinating characters in literary history.... Coleridge's Notebooks belong with St. Augustine's Confessions as evidence of the seriousness with which one may take the Socratic command, 'know thyself'.... Dipped into or read through (the commentary is always helpful and at times eloquent; with commentary, these selections very nearly comprise an autobiography), Coleridge's Notebooks brings us as close as can be to the great Romantic, and at times perhaps uncomfortably close to our unacknowledged selves."--The Providence Journal "[A] brilliantly edited selection, which must now be an indispensable item on any Coleridge bibliography.... [This volume] deftly and concisely explain[s] the debates of the time, ranging over such burning issues as unitarianism, associationism, pantheism and Spinozism, which Coleridge refers to frequently. More importantly, it puts the poet's philosophical and theological arguments with himself... firmly into the context of his own life.... Every single page of this precious book yields up riches. No one interested in human thought and feeling should be without it."--The Guardian "This is an indispensable collection of the thoughts, observations, metaphors, aphorisms, and musings of a sublimely curious consciousness."--Bill Marx, WBUR Public Arts, "This delightfully edited selection of the journals of Samuel Taylor Coleridge...reintroduces the general reader to one of the most fascinating characters in literary history.... Coleridge's Notebooks belong with St. Augustine's Confessions as evidence of the seriousness with which one may take the Socratic command, 'know thyself'.... Dipped into or read through (the commentary is always helpful and at times eloquent; with commentary, these selections very nearly comprise an autobiography),Coleridge's Notebooksbrings us as close as can be to the great Romantic, and at times perhaps uncomfortably close to our unacknowledged selves."--The Providence Journal "[A] brilliantly edited selection, which must now be an indispensable item on any Coleridge bibliography.... [This volume] deftly and concisely explain[s] the debates of the time, ranging over such burning issues as unitarianism, associationism, pantheism and Spinozism, which Coleridge refers to frequently. More importantly, it puts the poet's philosophical and theological arguments with himself... firmly into the context of his own life.... Every single page of this precious book yields up riches. No one interested in human thought and feeling should be without it."--The Guardian "This is an indispensable collection of the thoughts, observations, metaphors, aphorisms, and musings of a sublimely curious consciousness."--Bill Marx, WBUR Public Arts, Every single page of this precious book yields up riches. No one interested in human thought and feeling should be without it.

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal828.7/03

Table Of ContentPrefaceIntroductionAbbreviationsTextual NoteCensus of ManuscriptsI. The West Country 1794-1798II. Germany, London, The Lakes 1798-1804III. London, Malta, Italy 1804-1806IV. The Lakes, London 1806-1810V. London, Wiltshire 1810-1816Coda: Highgate 1816-1820CommentaryIndex

SynopsisSamuel Taylor Coleridge was one of the Romantic Age's most enigmatic figures, a genius of astonishing diversity; author of some of the most famous poems in the English language, and co-author, with Wordsworth, of Lyrical Ballads; one of England's greatest critics and theorists of literature and imagination; as well as autobiographer, nature-writer, philosopher, theologian, psychologist and distinguished speaker. Throughout his life, he confided his thoughts and emotions to his notebooks, where we can still see his speculations and observations taking shape. This edition presents a selection from this unique work, newly presented, with notes and commentary, for the student as well as the general reader., Samuel Taylor Coleridge was one of the Romantic Age's most enigmatic figures, a genius of astonishing diversity; author of some of the most famous poems in the English language, and co-author, with Wordsworth, of Lyrical Ballads; one of England's greatest critics and theorists of literature and imagination; as well as autobiographer, nature-writer, philosopher, theologian, psychologist and distinguished speaker. Throughout his life, he confided his thoughtsand emotions to his notebooks, where we can still see his speculations and observations taking shape. This edition presents a selection from this unique work, newly presented, with notes and commentary, forthe student as well as the general reader., Samuel Taylor Coleridge was one of the Romantic age's most enigmatic figures, a genius of astonishing diversity; author of some of the most famous poems in the English language; one of England's greatest critics and theorists of literature and imagination; as well as autobiographer, nature-writer, philosopher, theologian, psychologist, and talker. Throughout his life, he confided his thoughts and emotions to his Notebooks, where we can still see his speculations and observations taking shape. This edition presents a selection from this unique work, newly presented, with notes and commentary, for the student as well as the general reader., Coleridge was one of the Romantic age's most enigmatic figures; his Notebooks one of the key prose works of the period. This new selection represents the full range of his most attractive and diverting prose writings. The selected passages have been re-edited and annotated by Seamus Perry, to provide vital reading to anyone interested in the Romantic period.

LC Classification NumberPR4483.A33 2003