Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge has a special place in literature. Intrigued by metaphysics and science, he also produced some of the most beautiful lyrics of the Romantic period. So sweeping was his need to know - everything - he is often accused by his critics of losing sight of the particular, of failing his incredible poetic and critical gifts. Even so, Coleridge produced the Biographia Literaria - a key text in understanding Romanticism. His criticism of Shakespeare's work has founded modern Shakespearean studies.

A sympathetic account of Coleridge's troubled life - his difficult marriage, his addiction to opium and his famed 'inefficiency' - this Student Guide draws attention to the vast endeavor of his intellectual and artistic work, enabling the reader to get to grips with this most beguiling and paradoxical figure.

About the author:

Andrew Keanie is a researcher at the University of Ulster. As well as being an academic, he is a poet and a musician. His most recent publication is William Wordsworth in this Student Guide Literary Series.

148  pages

ISBN: 978-1-871551-64-8