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 xlvii
... idea of a poet's genius to deem myself other than a very humble poet ; but in the very possession of the idea , I know myself so far a poet as to feel assured that I can understand and interpret a poem in the spirit of poetry ...
... idea of a poet's genius to deem myself other than a very humble poet ; but in the very possession of the idea , I know myself so far a poet as to feel assured that I can understand and interpret a poem in the spirit of poetry ...
Page lxiii
... idea of shoving Zapolya into the breach . This would have added to his already " immethodical miscellany " ( as he himself called it in Chapter 4 ) . But fortunately , at a consultation Coleridge and Gillman held at Highgate with the ...
... idea of shoving Zapolya into the breach . This would have added to his already " immethodical miscellany " ( as he himself called it in Chapter 4 ) . But fortunately , at a consultation Coleridge and Gillman held at Highgate with the ...
Page lxix
... idea of philosophic principles , if not the principles themselves , could act like a lens to focus and direct this ... ideas and expressions in one scale . Of course the hope was grandiose - to do all this and in such a short time . The ...
... idea of philosophic principles , if not the principles themselves , could act like a lens to focus and direct this ... ideas and expressions in one scale . Of course the hope was grandiose - to do all this and in such a short time . The ...
Page lxxv
... idea immediately before launching into the theses of Chapter 12 , results of which , he says , will be applied to " the principles of production and of genial criticism in the fine arts " . The " total and undivided philosophy " is a ...
... idea immediately before launching into the theses of Chapter 12 , results of which , he says , will be applied to " the principles of production and of genial criticism in the fine arts " . The " total and undivided philosophy " is a ...
Page lxxvi
... idea would bring into play Leibniz , Kant , Schelling , and others , all of whom tried to find harmony between the oppo- sites , either by claiming it simply was pre - established , as in the case of Leibniz , or , like Schelling , by ...
... idea would bring into play Leibniz , Kant , Schelling , and others , all of whom tried to find harmony between the oppo- sites , either by claiming it simply was pre - established , as in the case of Leibniz , or , like Schelling , by ...
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