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Routledge
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Routledge
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To Samuel Taylor Coleridge, tragedy was not solely a literary mode, but a philosophy to interpret the history that unfolded around him. Tragic Coleridge explores the tragic vision of existence that Coleridge derived from Classical drama, Shakespeare, Milton and contemporary German thought. Coleridge viewed the hardships of the Romantic period, like the catastrophes of Greek tragedy, as stages in a... Read more
Contents: Introduction: Romantic tragedy and tragic Romanticism; Coleridge’s tragic influences; Hamartia and suffering in the poetical works; The catastrophes of real life; The tragic ’impulse’: fragments and Coleridge’s forms of incompletion; The Lear vocation: Coleridge and Romantic theatre; The tragic sage; Failed sacrifices and the un-tragic Coleridge: Conclusion: ’The sage, the poet, lives for all mankind’, Bibliography, Index.
Biography
Chris Murray is an IAS Junior Research Fellow in the Department of English Studies at Durham University. His research centres on Romanticism, and explores the dialogues British Romantic authors create with Classical literature, Irish studies, and Orientalism.
'...a significant contribution to the study of Coleridge and to the concept of Romantic Tragedy more widely.' Sally West, University of Chester, UK, author of Coleridge and Shelley: Textual Engagement 'Murray’s work posits several challenges to existing criticism... and indicates the way towards enticing paths for future study.' The Byron Journal ’Vigorous and engaging... [Murray’s] claims ... are strong, and readers will likely find their understanding of both Coleridge and tragedy enriched by this book.’ International Journal of the Classical Tradition '...a close textual analysis that shows how tragedy functions in Coleridge's works,... a book that, through the examination of a specific and quite neglected aspect of Coleridge's work, sheds light on different fields of the poet's production.' BARS Review 'A concise and minutely researched account, written in a lively and trenchant style, and including many nuances of argument... What makes Tragic Coleridge so stimulating is that it often chooses to live dangerously in following where the sensibility of Coleridgean tragedy might lead.' The Wordsworth Circle 'Refreshing and original ... Coleridge the man is not divorced from Coleridge the poet, the dramatist, or even the ’sage’ and this results in a critical study which is finely balanced.' Romanticism
