1st Edition

Coleridge the Poet

By George Watson Copyright 1966
162 Pages
by Routledge

162 Pages
by Routledge

162 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1966. Despite the intense interest in Coleridge in the twentieth century, this book represents the first study of Coleridge’s poetry to be published in Britain. It is also the first to be based upon the conclusion that Coleridge’s greatness as a poet is a matter of achievement rather than aspiration and to argue that his literary career was nearly half a century long,... Read more

Preface; Prolegomena; 1 The Record of Genius 2 The Imitative Art 3 Coleridge on Imitation; The Poems; Youth and the Drama 5 The Conversation Poems 6 The Ancient Mariner 7 Christabel 8 Kubla Khan 9 The Last Poems; Index

Biography

George Watson