The Cambridge Companion to Coleridge

by Lucy Newlyn (Editor)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge is one of the most influential, and one of the most enigmatic, of all Romantic figures. This Cambridge Companion does full justice to the many facets of Coleridge's life and work. Specially commissioned essays focus on his major poems, his notebooks and the Biographia Literaria. Attention is given to his role as talker, journalist, critic, and philosopher, his politics, religion, and his contemporary and subsequent reputation. A chronology and guides to further reading complete the volume, making this an indispensable guide to Coleridge and his work.

Genres: Nonfiction

286 pages, Paperback

First published October 24, 2002

Reviews

[Caomhghain · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent companion but of course Coleridge wrote only a small body of poetry and his other works (apart from his criticism) are much less interesting. An entire chapter on the later poetry gave no indication as to why particularly one should read it as poetry, for instance. On religion, politics he was in the end not too remarkable and as a philosopher frequently embarassing. But the chapters on his poetry and life are well worth reading.

[Steve · Rating 3 out of 5]

easier to read than expected

[Lindsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the few I read thoroughly rather than simply as reference this semester. But this one has a good histories and discussions of the textual issues especially for Rime.