The Complete Poetry (The Classic Illustrated Edition)

British Romantic Verse, Supernatural Sea Ballads, Dream Visions, and Metaphysical Nature MeditationsBy Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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The Complete Poetry gathers Samuel Taylor Coleridge's major poems and shorter lyrics in a volume that reveals the extraordinary range of his imagination. From the supernatural narrative of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and the visionary fragment "Kubla Khan" to the psychological Gothicism of "Christabel" and the meditative "conversation poems," Coleridge moves between ballad simplicity, philosophical reflection, musical experimentation, and dreamlike symbolism. The Classic Illustrated Edition further situates these works within an accessible visual presentation, inviting readers to consider how image, atmosphere, and verbal rhythm collaborate in Romantic poetry. Together, the poems illuminate a crucial transition from eighteenth-century poetic decorum toward the inwardness, spontaneity, and imaginative freedom associated with English Romanticism. Coleridge (1772–1834) was a poet, critic, philosopher, and theologian whose intellectual breadth profoundly shaped his writing. His friendship and collaboration with William Wordsworth produced Lyrical Ballads (1798), a landmark in Romantic literary history, while his wide reading in German philosophy, theology, folklore, and psychology enriched his poetic conception of imagination. His struggles with illness, opium dependence, political disappointment, and spiritual uncertainty also lend many poems their distinctive tension between visionary aspiration and fractured consciousness. This volume is recommended to readers seeking both the canonical achievements and the varied textures of Coleridge's poetic career. It serves newcomers as an inviting introduction and experienced students as a compact field for studying Romantic form, symbolism, and theories of imagination. Its combination of literary significance and illustrated accessibility makes it especially valuable for readers interested in poetry's power to transform dream, memory, and mystery into enduring art.

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GenrePoetry
Length26 hrs 22 mins
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Publish dateJul 31, 2017
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Biographia Literaria (Annotated)
2Introduction:
3Anima Poetae (By Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
4PREFACE
5CHAPTER I
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6CHAPTER II
7CHAPTER III
8CHAPTER IV
9CHAPTER V
10CHAPTER VI
11CHAPTER VII
12CHAPTER VIII
13CHAPTER IX
14CHAPTER X
15The Spirit of the Age: Mr. Coleridge by William Hazlitt
16A Day With Samuel Taylor Coleridge by May Byron
17The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by James Gillman
18PREFACE.
19CHAPTER I.
20CHAPTER II.
21CHAPTER III.
22CHAPTER IV.
23Poetry:
24Notable Works:
25The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
26Part the First.
27Part the Second.
28Part the Third.
29Part the Fourth.
30Part the Fifth.
31Part the Sixth.
32Part the Seventh.
33Kubla Khan; or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment
34Christabel
35Preface
36Part I
37The Conclusion to Part I
38Part II
39Conclusion to Part II
40France: An Ode
41LYRICAL BALLADS, WITH A FEW OTHER POEMS (1798)
42THE RIME OF THE ANCYENT MARINERE
43THE FOSTER-MOTHER’S TALE
44LINES LEFT UPON A SEAT IN A YEW-TREE WHICH STANDS NEAR THE LAKE OF ESTHWAITE, ON A DESOLATE PART OF THE SHORE, YET COMMANDING A BEAUTIFUL PROSPECT
45THE NIGHTINGALE
46THE FEMALE VAGRANT
47GOODY BLAKE, AND HARRY GILL, A TRUE STORY
48LINES WRITTEN AT A SMALL DISTANCE FROM MY HOUSE, AND SENT BY MY LITTLE BOY TO THE PERSON TO WHOM THEY ARE ADDRESSED
49SIMON LEE, THE OLD HUNTSMAN, WITH AN INCIDENT IN WHICH HE WAS CONCERNED
50ANECDOTE FOR FATHERS SHEWING HOW THE ART OF LYING MAY BE TAUGHT
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The Life and Times of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Complete Autobiographical WorksSamuel Taylor Coleridge, May Byron57h 26m$1.99 · $0.00
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The Complete Plays of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Annotated)Samuel Taylor Coleridge28h 21m$2 · $0.00
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