The Complete Essays, Lectures & Letters of S. T. Coleridge (Illustrated) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Literary Critiques, Studies and Memoirs, including Biographia Literaria, Aids to Reflection...By Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Length142h 49m
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The Complete Essays, Lectures & Letters of S. T. Coleridge (Illustrated) gathers the prose intelligence of one of Romanticism's most restless and generative minds. Ranging across philosophy, theology, politics, Shakespearean criticism, aesthetics, and personal correspondence, the volume reveals Coleridge's characteristic movement between visionary speculation and rigorous analysis. Its style is digressive yet luminous, often conversational in the letters and architectonic in the lectures, placing it at the center of British Romantic prose and the early nineteenth-century rethinking of imagination, symbol, and culture. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet, critic, philosopher, and collaborator of Wordsworth, helped inaugurate English Romanticism while continually wrestling with metaphysical questions, religious belief, political disappointment, illness, and opium dependence. These pressures shaped a prose œuvre as important as his poetry: the essays and lectures display his German-influenced philosophical learning, while the letters disclose the anxieties, friendships, and intellectual labor behind his public thought. This illustrated collection is recommended for readers seeking more than the author of "Kubla Khan" or "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." It offers scholars, students, and serious general readers an indispensable portrait of Coleridge as critic, thinker, and correspondent.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length142 hrs 49 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 18, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6Introduction:
7The Spirit of the Age: Mr. Coleridge by William Hazlitt
8A Day With Samuel Taylor Coleridge by May Byron
9The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by James Gillman (pt. 1)
10The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by James Gillman (pt. 2)
11The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by James Gillman (pt. 3)
12The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by James Gillman (pt. 4)
13Literary Essays, Lectures and Memoirs:
14BIOGRAPHIA LITERARIA (pt. 1)
15BIOGRAPHIA LITERARIA (pt. 2)
16BIOGRAPHIA LITERARIA (pt. 3)
17BIOGRAPHIA LITERARIA (pt. 4)
18BIOGRAPHIA LITERARIA (pt. 5)
19BIOGRAPHIA LITERARIA (pt. 6)
20ANIMA POETAE
21PREFACE
22CHAPTER I
23CHAPTER II
24CHAPTER III
25CHAPTER IV
26CHAPTER V
27CHAPTER VI
28CHAPTER VII
29CHAPTER VIII
30CHAPTER IX
31CHAPTER X
32SHAKSPEARE, WITH INTRODUCTORY MATTER ON POETRY, THE DRAMA AND THE STAGE (pt. 1)
33SHAKSPEARE, WITH INTRODUCTORY MATTER ON POETRY, THE DRAMA AND THE STAGE (pt. 2)
34SHAKSPEARE, WITH INTRODUCTORY MATTER ON POETRY, THE DRAMA AND THE STAGE (pt. 3)
35SHAKSPEARE, WITH INTRODUCTORY MATTER ON POETRY, THE DRAMA AND THE STAGE (pt. 4)
36AIDS TO REFLECTION (pt. 1)
37AIDS TO REFLECTION (pt. 2)
38AIDS TO REFLECTION (pt. 3)
39AIDS TO REFLECTION (pt. 4)
40AIDS TO REFLECTION (pt. 5)
41AIDS TO REFLECTION (pt. 6)
42CONFESSIONS OF AN INQUIRING SPIRIT AND MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS FROM “THE FRIEND” (pt. 1)
43CONFESSIONS OF AN INQUIRING SPIRIT AND MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS FROM “THE FRIEND” (pt. 2)
44HINTS TOWARDS THE FORMATION OF A MORE COMPREHENSIVE THEORY OF LIFE (pt. 1)
45HINTS TOWARDS THE FORMATION OF A MORE COMPREHENSIVE THEORY OF LIFE (pt. 2)
46OMNIANA. 1812 (pt. 1)
47OMNIANA. 1812 (pt. 2)
48A COURSE OF LECTURES (pt. 1)
49A COURSE OF LECTURES (pt. 2)
50LITERARY NOTES
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