The Complete Poems - Brossura

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0140423532 ISBN 13: 9780140423532

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics, 1997

Riassunto

"O pure of heart! thou need’st not ask of me What this strong music in the soul may be!"

One of the major figures of English Romanticism, Samuel Taylor Coleridge created works of remarkable diversity and imaginative genius. The period of his creative friendship with William Wordsworth inspired some of Coleridge’s best-known poems, from the nightmarish vision of the "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and the opium-inspired "Kubla Khan" to the sombre passion of "Dejection: An Ode" and the medieval ballad "Christabel." His meditative ‘conversation’ poems, such as "Frost at Midnight" and "This Lime-Tree Bower Mr Prison," reflect on remembrance and solitude, while late works, such as "Youth and Age" and "Constancy to an Ideal Object," are haunting meditations on mortality and lost love.

This volume contains the final texts of all the poems published during Coleridge’s lifetime and a substantial selection from those still in manuscript at his death, arranged in chronological order of composition to show his development as a poet. Also included are an introduction, table of dates, further reading, extensive notes, and indexes of titles and first lines.

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was a poet, critic, and philosopher of Romanticism. He and William Wordsworth published the Lyrical Ballads in 1799, marking a conscious break with 18th-century tradition.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Penguin Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0140423532
• ISBN 13: 9780140423532
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 656
• Redattore: Keach William
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