Coleridge
Subtitle: early visions
By: Richard Holmes.
Edition: 1st Pantheon ed.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 622
Subjects: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834; Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography; Critics -- Great Britain -- Biography
Description: A biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the 19th century British poet who wrote The Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan. The book examines his neuralgia, which turned him into an opium addict, and the influence this had on his writing. It follows his career in the civil service, his failed marriages and a trip to Germany where he came under the influence of German idealism, becoming its principal conduit in England.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 564-565) and index.
Originally published: London : HarperCollins Publishers, 1998.