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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Seamus Perry |
ISBN: | 0198712014 9780198712015 |
OCLC Number: | 644880130 |
Description: | xxiii, 264 p |
Contents: | Preface; Introduction; Abbreviations; Textual Note; Census of Manuscripts; I. THE WEST COUNTRY 1794-1798; II. GERMANY, LONDON, THE LAKES 1798-1804; III. LONDON, MALTA, ITALY 1804-1806; IV. THE LAKES, LONDON 1806-1810; V. LONDON, WILTSHIRE 1810-1816; CODA: HIGHGATE 1816-1820; Commentary; Index |
Responsibility: | edited by Seamus Perry. |
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Publisher Synopsis
Seamus Perry's excellent selection from Coleridge's Notebooks may be heartily recommended to specialists and generalists alike. The Wordsworth Circle Perry says that he has 'tried to keep a thread of biographical entries running through the book, to convey some sense of the shape of Coleridge's life'; and he has succeeded admirably. The Use of English Perry's commentary is a model of helpful explanation, enabling the reader to enjoy and participate in the workings of Coleridge's mind. The Use of English ... reader-friendly and well-edited ... Seamus Perry's book is especially welcome, making easily accessible (and at a very reasonable price) material only otherwise available in Kathleen Coburn's magisterial, massive (and expensive) multi-volume edition of the Notebooks. The Use of English Seamus Perry's brilliantly edited selection, which must now be an indispensable item on any Coleridge bibliography Stephen Romer, Guardian Review , a priceless resource for student and general reader alike Stephen Romer, Guardian Review , Every single page of this precious book yields up riches. No one interested in human thought and feeling should be without it. Stephen Romer, Guardian Review This delightfully edited selection of the journals of Samuel Taylor Coleridge... reintroduces the general reader to one of the most fascinating characters in literary history... Coleridge's Notebooks belong with St. Augustine's Confessions as evidence of the seriousness with which one may take the Socratic command, 'know thyself'... Dipped into or read through (the commentary is always helpful and at times eloquent; with commentary, these very nearly comprise an autobiography), Coleridge's Notebooks brings us as close as can be to the great Romantic, and at times perhaps uncomfortably close to our unacknowledged selves. The Providence Journal, End of Year round up, selected by Ann Wrote these impassioned little jottings and snippets reveal the philosopher in the poet more clearly than any of his more ponderous works, and they are lovely to dip into Daily Telegraph A marvellously judged and varied selection. P J Kavanagh, The Spectator Read more...

