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Coleridge: Poems: Introduction by John Beer
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was the master impresario of English Romanticism -- an enormously erudite and tireless critic, lecturer, and polemicist who almost single-handedly created the intellectual climate in which the Romantic movement was received and understood. He was also, in poems such as 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,' 'Christabel,' and 'Kubla Khan.' the most uncanny, surreal, and startling of the great English poets.
- GenresPoetry
256 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1997
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
1,763 books842 followersSamuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England and one of the Lake Poets. He is probably best known for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as his major prose work Biographia Literaria.
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January 4, 2008
If you're looking up Coleridge, I needn't recite The Rime of the Ancient Mariner for you. Instead I'll tell you what a nice little edition this is. Smallish, attractive, good paper, looks pretty lying on your nightstand. It fits perfectly in your purse too. Handy when you're stuck in traffic and need a poetry fix.
July 21, 2024
I really enjoy these cloth-bound Everyman Library Pocket Poets editions. I have read several collections of poems in this series. The design and layout is generous with thick, off-white pages, a ribbon bookmark, ample margin space, and readable font size. There are no annotations, however, which makes closer study of the poems challenging. Nevertheless, there is editorial curation in terms of selection and arrangement of poems, and I have enjoyed reading Coleridge's poems for pleasure.
October 12, 2022
A great little collection of essential Coleridge poems. I enjoyed rereading Mariner, Christabel, Kubla Khan, The Eolian Harp, This Lime Tree Bower My Prison, and more. The selections from Biographia Literaria, and from his letters were enlightening.
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December 14, 2024Fantastic poet, worthwhile revisiting for sure.
This volume contains many of his most known and cherished writing.
This volume contains many of his most known and cherished writing.
March 7, 2016
…..Beware! Beware!
His flashing eyes, his floating hair!
Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread,
For he on honey-dew hath fed,
And drunk the milk of Paradise.
“Kubla Khan,” “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” “Christabel”…. He might be surprised to know it, but Coleridge was the original mad Romantic, drug-taking rock star. His influence is everywhere. Required reading!
His flashing eyes, his floating hair!
Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread,
For he on honey-dew hath fed,
And drunk the milk of Paradise.
“Kubla Khan,” “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” “Christabel”…. He might be surprised to know it, but Coleridge was the original mad Romantic, drug-taking rock star. His influence is everywhere. Required reading!
February 27, 2019
I didn't really get much out of this. There were two poems I really liked ('The Nightingale' and 'The Pains of Sleep') but the rest mostly wasn't for me. [Plus, I just don't really are about the letters at the end - why include those in this collection?]
October 4, 2018
"Frost at Midnight"
April 10, 2020
When he's good he's good. But, when he's not (most of the time) he's not.
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