{"product_id":"the-life-of-samuel-taylor-coleridge-a-critical-biography-hardback-9780631187462","title":"The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge; A Critical Biography (Hardback) 9780631187462","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Critical Biography\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRosemary Ashton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631187462, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 December 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e512 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 3.3 cm, 0.844 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"A fine addition to the biographical attempt to catch the complex and elusive figure of Coleridge. The volume is notable for its aliveness, its signal success in giving us a living breathing human being.\" \u003ci\u003eProfessor Thomas McFarland, Princeton University\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"This book provides the student or general reader with an excellent critical introduction to Coleridge's life and work. Ashton has a gift for elucidating difficult concepts in clear and straightforward language. I can think of no better single volume Coleridge biography.\" \u003ci\u003eDuncan Wu, University of Glasgow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a stimulating study of a man of many obvious talents.\" \u003ci\u003eAlan Bold, The Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Ashton writes lucidly, and the book will be accessible to the layman and student as well as useful to the card-carrying Coleridge scholar; it is good, at last, to have a biography one can recommend so highly.\" \u003ci\u003eSeamus Perry, Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Rosemary Ashton sets store by telling the sheer story. As vitally documented narrative, altogether free from melodrama. \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge\u003c\/i\u003e is a deft feat.\" \u003ci\u003eChristopher Dicks, London Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Here is a new biography of Coleridge that is likely to become the standard life of the poet. Rosmary Ashton's \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Sammuel Taylor Coleridge: A critical Biography\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive and judicious survey of the poet's life and writings. \u003ci\u003eJohn Strachen University of Sunderland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\" Professor Ashton identifies the tangle of abilities and pursuits that ranged from poetry to criticism philosophy to politics, opium-induced imagination to sparkling conversation.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRosemary Ashton explores the many facets of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's complex personality, by turns poet, critic, thinker, enchanting companion, feckless husband, fabled conversationalist and guilt-ridden opium addict.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I:1772-1803:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Inspired Charity Boy 1772-1791.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Cambridge and Pantisocracy 1791-1794.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Bristol and Marriage 1795-1796.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Nether Stowey and 'Kubla Khan' 1796-1797.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. \u003ci\u003eThe Ancient Mariner\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. To Germany and Back 1798-1800.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Greta Hall 1800-1802.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: 1803-1834:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. In Search of Health: To Malta and Back: 1803-1806.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Friendships and \u003ci\u003eThe Friend\u003c\/i\u003e 1807-1810.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Life-in-Death: London 1810-1814.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Risen Again : \u003ci\u003eBiographia Literaria\u003c\/i\u003e 1814-1817.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Highgate 1818-1821.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Coleridge the Sage: \u003ci\u003eAids to Reflection\u003c\/i\u003e 1821-1825.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Progress and Permanence 1826-1829.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Last Years: \u003ci\u003eChurch and the State\u003c\/i\u003e 1830-1834.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52509165551896,"sku":"9780631187462","price":102.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631187462.jpg?v=1786495376","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-life-of-samuel-taylor-coleridge-a-critical-biography-hardback-9780631187462","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}