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Coleridge's Variety: Bicentenary Studies by John Beer (ed.) (Hardcover, 1974) First Edition

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Coleridge's Variety: Bicentenary Studies by John Beer (ed.) (First Edition)

Coleridge remains an elusive figure in English literary and cultural history, attractive, self-distancing, sympathetic and baffling by turns. To commemorate the bicentenary of his birth a number of scholars, well known in their respective fields, were invited to lecture on his work at Cambridge. The resulting studies, along with one or two based on lectures given elsewhere, present an unusually comprehensive picture of his mind and imagination.

Coleridge's psychological theories, his interest in contemporary science, his extraordinary powers of self-expression in impromptu letters, his delight in the use and possibilities language, his contributions to philosophy, are each examined by individual contributors.

The strengths and weaknesses of his personality are discussed sympathetically and at length by Thomas McFarland, while George Whalley and M. H. Abrams undertake more general accounts of his subtle poetic sensibility and his place in the tradition of Romantic thought. In a brief opening essay L. C. Knights draws attention to some seminal features of Coleridge's criticism.

 

Format: Hardback | 288 pages

Dimensions (cm): 22.4 x 14.2 x 2.7 | 598g -

Publication Date: 01 Dec 1974

Publisher: Macmillan Press Ltd.

Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom

Language: English

Edition Number: 1

ISBN10: 0333169069

ISBN13: 9780333169063

 

Condition: Good

A vintage book that has been read but is in good condition. No obvious damage to the cover. The dust jacket is included and in very good condition (no obvious damage). The dust jacket is also covered by another clear plastic dust jacket, which has kept everything very clean. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing (creasing on the bottom-right corner, starting on the Contents page [see pic. 3], and gradually getting smaller, the last of which can be seen on pg: 57 [see pic. 4]), but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.

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