"Kubla Khan." "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." "The Eolian Harp." Samuel Taylor Coleridge was a genius who wrote some of the greatest poems in the history of the English language. Together with his friend William Wordsworth, he provided the best articulation of Romanticism, as well as some of the most powerful examples of that aesthetic. This collection includes not only Coleridge's poetry, but also some selections from his insightful essays and letters about poetry. But of course, it's the poems that count the most, as evidenced by this excerpt from one of Coleridge's less legendary works, his beautiful tribute "To William Wordsworth," which was written after hearing his friend give an especially moving reading. These sentiments could easily apply to the author himself: "The tumult rose and ceased: for Peace is nigh / Where Wisdom's voice has found a listening heart."
Ernest Hartley Coleridge Knihy
Ernest Hartley Coleridge bol britský literárny vedec a básnik, ktorý sa venoval štúdiu rozsiahleho diela svojho dedka Samuela Taylora Coleridge. Ako posledný z rodiny sa podieľal na editácii jeho rukopisov a zasadzoval sa o zachovanie jeho pamiatky. Jeho vlastná literárna tvorba nadväzuje na toto dedičstvo a skúma podobné témy a štýly, čím prispieva k hlbšiemu porozumeniu anglickej literatúry.
