Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Man Behind The Lyrics (Complete Illustrated Edition): An Illustrated Journey Through Romantic Poetry, Imagination, and Life

Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Man Behind The Lyrics (Complete Illustrated Edition) brings poetry, biography, and visual interpretation into a compact encounter with one of British Romanticism's most consequential imaginations. Coleridge's lyrics move between visionary landscapes, philosophical inquietude, supernatural narrative, and intimate reflection, revealing the formal daring that helped redefine English poetry at the turn of the nineteenth century. The illustrated format deepens this range, inviting readers to consider how image, atmosphere, and verbal music jointly shape such memorable Romantic scenes. The volume places Coleridge's writing in conversation with May Byron's accessible biographical and editorial mediation. As a poet, critic, lecturer, and collaborator in the wider Romantic circle, Coleridge stands at the intersection of literary experiment, political idealism, religious questioning, and early nineteenth-century print culture. Byron's framing helps situate the lyrics within the pressures of a life marked by intellectual ambition and personal difficulty, while preserving the poems' imaginative autonomy. Together, the materials illuminate Romanticism as both a historical movement and a sustained inquiry into perception, nature, consciousness, and the creative mind. Recommended for students, general readers, and admirers of Romantic literature, this edition offers a richly contextualized route into Coleridge's art. Its combination of poems, illustrations, and biographical perspective encourages close reading while fostering dialogue between literary text, visual response, and cultural history.

© 2017 e-artnow (E-bog): 9788026839897

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E-bog: 31. juli 2017