Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the fine arts
By: Morton D. Paley.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780199233052
Subjects: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, -- 1772-1834 -- Knowledge -- Art; Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, -- 1772-1834 -- Aesthetics; Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, -- 1772-1834 -- Travel -- Italy; Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, -- 1772-1834 -- Relations with artists; Allston, Washington, -- 1779-1843; Beaumont, George Howland, -- Sir, -- 1753-1827; Art and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century; Art appreciation -- England -- History -- 19th century
Description: "Although Coleridge's thinking and writing about the fine arts was both considerable and interesting, this has not been the subject of a book before." "This book, an important contribution to Coleridge's intellectual biography, will make readers aware of a dimension of his thinking that has been largely ignored until now."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Initiation; title: Italy; title: What Coleridge saw; title: Allston redux; title: Coleridge on the fine arts; title: The principles common to the fine arts.