description: Upon its publication ten years ago, the first volume of Richard Holmes's life of Coleridge was hailed by Michael Holroyd as a modern masterpiece, a book that marks a climax in the golden age of modern biography. The romantic writer who emerges from these pages is unforgettably vivid and unexpected. Holmes gives us a true portrait of unfolding genius -- a man who learns as much from children's games as from philosophic treatises, as much from bird flight as from theology. Unavailable for the last five years, this award-winning biography is being reissued to coincide with the hardcover publication of the concluding volume. The two books represent the pinnacle of Holmes's literary achievement.
language: English
title: Coleridge: Early Visions, 1772 1804
titlecomplete: Coleridge: Early Visions, 1772 1804
characters: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
genres: Literary Criticism, Nonfiction, Literature, Poetry, History, 19th Century, Romanticism, Biography Memoir, British Literature, Biography
ratings_count: 389
series: Coleridge
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Whitbread Award
category: Biography and Book of the Year
publisher: Turtleback Books