In this unusual selection, a poet-critic of the 20th century encounters a poet-critic of the 19th, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834). William Empson, assisted by David Pirie, chooses from Coleridge's vast and uneven oeuvre the salient poems; he edits and annotates them. Here is a classic example of Empson's techniques of creative and scholarly reading, an introduction to the work of the most haunting poet in the English language. The pith of my system, says Coleridge, is to make the senses out of the mind not the mind out of the senses, as Locke did.
In this unusual selection, a poet-critic of the 20th century encounters a poet-critic of the 19th, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834). William Empson...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
Tells the story of a nightmare voyage to the South Pole told by the sole survivor, the bright-eyed ancient mariner whose wanton killing of an albatross, a bird of good omen, brought misfortune on the ship and all its crew. This poem is illustrated with ima
Tells the story of a nightmare voyage to the South Pole told by the sole survivor, the bright-eyed ancient mariner whose wanton killing of an albatros...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge Ivor A. Richards I. A. Richards
DESCRIPTION OF BOOK: "THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER", "CHRISTABEL", "FEARS IN SOLITUDE," "KUBLA KHAN", AND MOST OF THE SHORTERPOEMS. MAJOR SECTIONS OF THE BIOGRAPHIA LITERARIA. SELECTIONS FROMSAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE'S LETTERS, LITERARY CRITICISM, NOTEBOOKS, POLITICAL ESSAYS, AND PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS.
DESCRIPTION OF BOOK: "THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER", "CHRISTABEL", "FEARS IN SOLITUDE," "KUBLA KHAN", AND MOST OF THE SHORTERPOEMS. MAJOR SECTIONS ...
READER -You have been bred in a land abounding with men, able in arts, learning, and knowledges manifold... But there is one art, of which every man should be master, the art of REFLECTION. If you are not a thinking man, to what purpose are you a man at all? -from "The Author's Preface" Here in one compact volume are two important works on religion and spirituality from one the finest poets in the English language. In Aids to Reflection, first published in 1825, and Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit, which appeared in 1840, Coleridge ponders: .pain and pleasure, aka "sensibility" .prudential...
READER -You have been bred in a land abounding with men, able in arts, learning, and knowledges manifold... But there is one art, of which every man s...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge Gustave Dore Martin Gardner
Coleridge's greatest work, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, is utterly unique, unlike any other ballad. No narrative poem has rivaled it in combining scenes of terror with scenes of incomparable beauty. Although enormously popular in the nineteenth century, it is seldom read or studied today. This annotated version by Martin Gardner will help to renew the appreciation and deepen the understanding of Coleridge's unjustly neglected masterpiece. Preceding the poem is a biographical sketch of the great poet, which emphasizes those aspects of his many-sided life and personality that...
Coleridge's greatest work, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, is utterly unique, unlike any other ballad. No narrative poem has rivaled it in com...
