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Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Selected Poems; The Folio Poets
by TAYLOR COLERIDGE, Samuel;
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London. Folio Society. 2003 1st. Size 7 x 11.0 inches. In pictorial coloured leather cover with gilt to spine. (Dark Blue) with coloured endpapers. In hard card slipcase. In very good condition. In a good slipcase. (S.C has some shelf wear to slipcase and couple of tiny bumps.) Slight fading to the gilt on the spine, inside very clean and tidy. Else very good clean and tight copy 372pp; Edited/Introduced by Richard Holmes Engravings by Miriam MacGregor
Synopsis
With this collection, renowned Colridge biographer Richard Holmes casts new light on the poets sensibilities and accomplishments. Holmes divides the poems into eight categories of theme and genre, dispelling the myth of Coleridge as "the metaphysical dreamer" and rediscovering him as a Romantic autobiographer of tremendous power and range. At the heart of Selected Poetry are the Conversation Poems, a unified and beautifully crafted autobiographical sequence written over a period of twelve years. A series of little-known love poems to Asra, which combine understated passion and desperate directness, reflect the depths of Coleridge's feelings for Sara Hutchinson, his unattainable lifelong love. The volume also includes the robust Hill Walking Poems, and the secret agony of the Confessional Poems, as well as previously undervalued later poetry born of Coleridge's restless old age and his ironic reflection on his life.
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- Title
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Selected Poems; The Folio Poets
- Author
- TAYLOR COLERIDGE, Samuel;
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London. Folio Society. 2003 1st
- Keywords
- FOLIO SOCIETY publications The Folio Poets, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poems, Poetry, slip case, Folio Society, 2003, 1st
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