Biographia Literaria, Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Part 1A fully annotated edition of Coleridge's famous work, in which he argues that philosophy is the basis of criticism, advances his own critical theories and views on poetry and literature, and provides insight into his own life and creative history. |
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Page xlii
... person chosen to be heard against this revolution , though I should plead for the addition of [ Aristotle's ] the Poetics and of Longinus " .1 It is remarkable that a work of literary criticism ( at least a relatively modern one ) that ...
... person chosen to be heard against this revolution , though I should plead for the addition of [ Aristotle's ] the Poetics and of Longinus " .1 It is remarkable that a work of literary criticism ( at least a relatively modern one ) that ...
Page lvii
... persons purchase it , who feel no interest in the subjects of which it treats , they will have themselves only to blame.1 In response to this " very judicious letter " Coleridge decided to print only two short paragraphs " stating the ...
... persons purchase it , who feel no interest in the subjects of which it treats , they will have themselves only to blame.1 In response to this " very judicious letter " Coleridge decided to print only two short paragraphs " stating the ...
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... person I ever knew who answered to the idea of a man of genius . . . . His mind was clothed with wings ; and raised on them , he lifted philosophy to heaven . . . . That spell is broke ; that time is gone for ever . . . but still the ...
... person I ever knew who answered to the idea of a man of genius . . . . His mind was clothed with wings ; and raised on them , he lifted philosophy to heaven . . . . That spell is broke ; that time is gone for ever . . . but still the ...
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... person singular of the Present Indicative " of a verb meaning “ to think ” . The conscious self becomes an intermediary for things and thoughts , and in the self they become one . If things and thoughts had a true interpenetration ...
... person singular of the Present Indicative " of a verb meaning “ to think ” . The conscious self becomes an intermediary for things and thoughts , and in the self they become one . If things and thoughts had a true interpenetration ...
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... person . Coleridge , who himself could feel both extremes and wanted desperately - by any means available - to 1 Ch 9 , below , I 156 . 2 Ch 7 , below , I 124-5 . escape their psychological rack , might have chosen Hamlet and lxxxiv ...
... person . Coleridge , who himself could feel both extremes and wanted desperately - by any means available - to 1 Ch 9 , below , I 156 . 2 Ch 7 , below , I 124-5 . escape their psychological rack , might have chosen Hamlet and lxxxiv ...
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Biographia Literaria; Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions No preview available - 2020 |
Biographia Literaria Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions Samuel Taylor Coleridge No preview available - 2019 |
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