Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge - A Critical Biography

Informationen zum Autor Rosemary Ashton is Professor of English at University College, London. Her books include The German Idea (1980), George Eliot (1983), Little Germany (1986) and G.H. Lewes: A life (1991). Klappentext Rosemary Ashton's acclaimed biography presents Samuel Taylor Coleridge - poet, critic, thinker, plagiarist, cultural omnivore, enchanting companion, feckless husband, fabled conversationalist, guilt-ridden opium addict - in all his complexity. Ashton shows how Coleridge's writings in verse and prose are especially directly expressive of his opinions and emotions and traces his development through friendship and marriage. An authority on nineteenth-century Anglo-German cultural relations, she maps and measures the profound influence of German philosophy upon Coleridge's thinking and theorizing in illuminating detail, thus placing Coleridge's reputation within the context of both British and German Romanticism. Zusammenfassung Presents Samuel Taylor Coleridge - poet! critic! thinker! plagiarist! cultural omnivore! enchanting companion! feckless husband! fabled conversationalist! guilt-ridden opium addict - in his complexity. This biography shows how Coleridge's writings in verse and prose are especially directly expressive of his opinions and emotions.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Ashton, R Ashton, Rosemary Ashton, Rosemary (University College Ashton, ASHTON ROSEMARY
• Collaboration: Claude Rawson (Editeur)
• Edition: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 13.12.1995
• EAN: 9780631187462
• ISBN: 978-0-631-18746-2
• Pages: 512
• Thèmes: Blackwell Critical Biographies; Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits) > Correspondance, journaux intimes; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: poetry and poets