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 xliii
... seem to tumble from him . Nor can we forget in reading the Biographia that it was written by a poet , one of the ... seems to have been " put together with a pitchfork " .1 As a result the Biographia has been periodically attacked ...
... seem to tumble from him . Nor can we forget in reading the Biographia that it was written by a poet , one of the ... seems to have been " put together with a pitchfork " .1 As a result the Biographia has been periodically attacked ...
Page xlvi
... seems to have existed even before the Preface was published , despite Coleridge's attempt early to assure himself as well as others ( e.g. in his letter to Daniel Stuart c 30 September 1800 ) that " The Preface contains our joint ...
... seems to have existed even before the Preface was published , despite Coleridge's attempt early to assure himself as well as others ( e.g. in his letter to Daniel Stuart c 30 September 1800 ) that " The Preface contains our joint ...
Page lii
... seems , partly written last , with the hope of enlarging its scope . We should start by noting the speed with which the book was written . Begun probably in late May or early June 1815 , it was finished as far as Coleridge was concerned ...
... seems , partly written last , with the hope of enlarging its scope . We should start by noting the speed with which the book was written . Begun probably in late May or early June 1815 , it was finished as far as Coleridge was concerned ...
Page lxiv
... seems especially out of place in a book of such magnitude of mind . Yet even in this chapter ( 23 ) there are often perceptive , even profound insights ; for Coleridge naturally draws on reflections about poetry and the drama that had ...
... seems especially out of place in a book of such magnitude of mind . Yet even in this chapter ( 23 ) there are often perceptive , even profound insights ; for Coleridge naturally draws on reflections about poetry and the drama that had ...
Page lxxvii
... seems at first . At the beginning of the Biographia he declares that " the mind is affected by thoughts , rather than by things " and it thinks things important only " when by means of meditation they have passed into thoughts " .3 But ...
... seems at first . At the beginning of the Biographia he declares that " the mind is affected by thoughts , rather than by things " and it thinks things important only " when by means of meditation they have passed into thoughts " .3 But ...
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