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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The lyrical ballads with the preface — Mr. Wordsworth's earlier poems — On
fancy and imagination — The investigation of the distinction important to the fine
arts 69 Chapter 5. On the law of association — Its history traced from Aristotle to ...
The lyrical ballads with the preface — Mr. Wordsworth's earlier poems — On
fancy and imagination — The investigation of the distinction important to the fine
arts 69 Chapter 5. On the law of association — Its history traced from Aristotle to ...
Page l
Worst of all, in the new Preface he devoted a good deal of discussion to the
distinction between "fancy" and "imagination", which Coleridge considered to be
far less Wordsworth's property than his own. Wordsworth, he could fairly argue,
would ...
Worst of all, in the new Preface he devoted a good deal of discussion to the
distinction between "fancy" and "imagination", which Coleridge considered to be
far less Wordsworth's property than his own. Wordsworth, he could fairly argue,
would ...
Page liii
At the same time he began discussing his distinction between "fancy" and "
imagination" with an eye to Wordsworth's own new Preface, to conversations in
happier days with Wordsworth, and with a desire to correct him gently. Then, after
a few ...
At the same time he began discussing his distinction between "fancy" and "
imagination" with an eye to Wordsworth's own new Preface, to conversations in
happier days with Wordsworth, and with a desire to correct him gently. Then, after
a few ...
Page liv
... of association, with the History of the Opinions on this subject from Aristotle to
Hartley, and on the generic difference between the faculties of Fancy and
Imagination — I did not indeed altogether insert, but I certainly extended and
elaborated, ...
... of association, with the History of the Opinions on this subject from Aristotle to
Hartley, and on the generic difference between the faculties of Fancy and
Imagination — I did not indeed altogether insert, but I certainly extended and
elaborated, ...
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... volume with "the last Copy I sent (I mean the distinction between Fancy & the
Imagination)". By "last Copy" he 1 VCL mss; see below, App C, n 286-7. refers to
the "philosophical" chapters, ending with Chapter 13, sent ...
... volume with "the last Copy I sent (I mean the distinction between Fancy & the
Imagination)". By "last Copy" he 1 VCL mss; see below, App C, n 286-7. refers to
the "philosophical" chapters, ending with Chapter 13, sent ...
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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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