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. |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 81
Page lvii
... reader could “ accuse you of a sort of imposition on him " . There may be already too much " metaphysical disquisition " for a work of this kind : In that greater work to which you have devoted so many years , and study so intense and ...
... reader could “ accuse you of a sort of imposition on him " . There may be already too much " metaphysical disquisition " for a work of this kind : In that greater work to which you have devoted so many years , and study so intense and ...
Page lviii
... reader should bear in mind the chronology of the work , the circumstances , the pres- sures to get it done rapidly , the self - doubts , the exhaustion . LATER PROBLEMS AND ADDITIONS ; PUBLICATION ; RECEPTION The Biographia , when ...
... reader should bear in mind the chronology of the work , the circumstances , the pres- sures to get it done rapidly , the self - doubts , the exhaustion . LATER PROBLEMS AND ADDITIONS ; PUBLICATION ; RECEPTION The Biographia , when ...
Page lix
... reader of the situation in which the rest of the Biographia was composed . Printing of the work had begun the previous October . Now , in April , the Bristol printers discovered that the Biographia , already about two - thirds printed ...
... reader of the situation in which the rest of the Biographia was composed . Printing of the work had begun the previous October . Now , in April , the Bristol printers discovered that the Biographia , already about two - thirds printed ...
Page lxiv
... reader feels little or no interest in the object of attack . As Johnson said of Mark Akenside's odes : " To what use can the work be criticised that will not be read ? " 2 The discussion seems especially out of place in a book of such ...
... reader feels little or no interest in the object of attack . As Johnson said of Mark Akenside's odes : " To what use can the work be criticised that will not be read ? " 2 The discussion seems especially out of place in a book of such ...
Page lxviii
... reader , a groundwork hopefully laid , and the prac- tical criticism begun.1 Perhaps to Coleridge's own mind his highest praise of Wordsworth was that he alone seemed capable of writing " the First Genuine Philosophic Poem " .2 And when ...
... reader , a groundwork hopefully laid , and the prac- tical criticism begun.1 Perhaps to Coleridge's own mind his highest praise of Wordsworth was that he alone seemed capable of writing " the First Genuine Philosophic Poem " .2 And when ...
Other editions - View all
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 |
Biographia Literaria; Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary ..., Volume 2 Samuel Taylor Coleridge No preview available - 2015 |
Common terms and phrases
annotated appears Aristotle association Bertram Biographia Biographia Literaria Cf C's Cf CN Chapter character CM CC Coleridge's common copy criticism Descartes distinction English EOT CC Essay fancy feelings Fichte flyleaf Friend CC genius German Greek Gutch human idea images imagination imitation intellectual intuition Jacobi Kant Kant's language Lects Lect Leibniz less letter lines literary Lyrical Ballads Maass means metre Milton mind moral nature object original paragraph passage passion Phil Schrift philosophy phrase Plato Plotinus poem poet poetic poetry Preface present principles prose published PW EHC quoted Ratzeburg reader reason refers remark S. T. Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge Schelling Schelling's sense sentence seyn Shakespeare Sonnet Spinoza spirit style Synesius things thought tion translation truth verse vols whole William Wordsworth Wissen words Wordsworth writing WW's