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Letters, Conversations, And Recollections Of S. T. Coleridge

Letters, Conversations, And Recollections Of S. T. Coleridge

Taylor Coleridge, Samuel

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Biographies GeneralLetters & EssaysGeneral World History

ISBN10: 935450485X
ISBN13: 9789354504853
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 22 2021
Pages: 266
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A mind in motion, caught on the page. Listen to Coleridge think aloud. From notebook candour to fireside debate, his thought flickers, argues, and consoles at times. Letters, conversations, and recollections bring Samuel Taylor Coleridge close: the quick turns of argument, the warmth of friendship, the restless self-scrutiny. This literary letters collection blends memoir and recollections with the immediacy of a voice testing ideas in company and in confidence, moving from intimate notes to vivid talk and remembered scenes. Set against 19th century Britain and the texture of Georgian England letters, these pages offer English Romanticism insights from within the Lake Poets correspondence and the Wordsworth literary circle. Approach it as an annotated letters edition: a book to browse, mark, and revisit. Here are literary criticism conversations and poetic theory discussions that illuminate how poems were made, and how readers might read. In these exchanges you can feel the pressures of the age - politics, faith, education - and the private costs of genius. It traces the conversational roots of modern criticism without losing the warmth of friendship. Its candour makes the era tangible, never remote on shelves. Dip in for atmosphere and character, or return to it as a research reference volume for literature students and scholars, and a cornerstone for collectors of Romantic-era thought. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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