Biographia Literaria, Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Part 1Biographia Literaria has emerged over the last century as a supreme work of literary criticism and one of the classics of English literature. Into this volume poured 20 years of speculation about the criticism and uses of poetry and about the psychology of art. Following the text of the 1817 edition, the editors offer the first completely annotated edition of the highly allusive work. |
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Page ix
Supposed irritability of men of Genius — Brought to the test of Facts — Causes
and Occasions of the charge — Its Injustice 30 Chapter 3. The author's
obligations to critics, and the probable occasion — Principles of modern criticism
— Mr.
Supposed irritability of men of Genius — Brought to the test of Facts — Causes
and Occasions of the charge — Its Injustice 30 Chapter 3. The author's
obligations to critics, and the probable occasion — Principles of modern criticism
— Mr.
Page xv
The facts are often more complex than is generally recognised. In pursuing
Coleridge's "borrowings" we must frequently leap from one page to another some
distance away, or to another work, and then back again. Hence the disparity in
bulk ...
The facts are often more complex than is generally recognised. In pursuing
Coleridge's "borrowings" we must frequently leap from one page to another some
distance away, or to another work, and then back again. Hence the disparity in
bulk ...
Page xix
The peculiar circumstances of the book's composition, the fact that the greater
part of it was dictated, the long delays and difficulties with the printers at Bristol,
the change of publishers to a minor firm that soon afterwards went out of
business, ...
The peculiar circumstances of the book's composition, the fact that the greater
part of it was dictated, the long delays and difficulties with the printers at Bristol,
the change of publishers to a minor firm that soon afterwards went out of
business, ...
Page xlv
... offered a way out of this. It is important for us to realise this fact. For most of the
Biographia was dictated to John Morgan, without whose help we might never
have had it. To remember this will help to explain many characteristics of the
book.
... offered a way out of this. It is important for us to realise this fact. For most of the
Biographia was dictated to John Morgan, without whose help we might never
have had it. To remember this will help to explain many characteristics of the
book.
Page xlvi
In fact "it was at first intended", as he told William Sotheby (1802), "that the
Preface should be written by me".1 But as most of the poems were by
Wordsworth, it was more appropriate that the Preface come from him. Hence
Coleridge continued ...
In fact "it was at first intended", as he told William Sotheby (1802), "that the
Preface should be written by me".1 But as most of the poems were by
Wordsworth, it was more appropriate that the Preface come from him. Hence
Coleridge continued ...
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| Title | Biographia Literaria, Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Part 1 Biographia Literaria, Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Samuel Taylor Coleridge Bollingen series Collected works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Princeton/Bollingen paperbacks Volume 7 of Works, Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| Author | Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| Editors | James Engell, Walter Jackson Bate |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press, 1984 |
| ISBN | 0691018618, 9780691018614 |
| Length | 409 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
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