Coleridge and the Abyssinian Maid
Title | Coleridge and the Abyssinian Maid PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey Yarlott |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 2016-06-17 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1317208951 |
First published in 1967, this book seeks to show the causes which led to Coleridge’s breakdown in 1802 and to indicate how his views on poetry changed as a result of it. The approach is selective in that it only focuses on one part of Coleridge’s life (roughly 1793-1810); however the author attempts to relate a number of different areas of his activity and to trace his emotional and moral development more closely than might be possible in a full-scale biography. The account of Coleridge’s life ends in 1810, when his relationship with the two key figures in his life Asra and Wordsworth had ruptured, as this reflected which of Coleridge’s Notebooks were available at the time.
Kubla Khan
Title | Kubla Khan PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Coleridge |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 12 |
Release | 2015-12-15 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 1443442216 |
Though left uncompleted, “Kubla Khan” is one of the most famous examples of Romantic era poetry. In it, Samuel Coleridge provides a stunning and detailed example of the power of the poet’s imagination through his whimsical description of Xanadu, the capital city of Kublai Khan’s empire. Samuel Coleridge penned “Kubla Khan” after waking up from an opium-induced dream in which he experienced and imagined the realities of the great Mongol ruler’s capital city. Coleridge began writing what he remembered of his dream immediately upon waking from it, and intended to write two to three hundred lines. However, Coleridge was interrupted soon after and, his memory of the dream dimming, was ultimately unable to complete the poem. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.
Coleridge & the Abyssinian Maid
Title | Coleridge & the Abyssinian Maid PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey Yarlott |
Publisher | Methuen Publishing |
Pages | 333 |
Release | 1971-01-01 |
Genre | Critics |
ISBN | 9780416602807 |
Coleridge and the Abyssinian Maid
Title | Coleridge and the Abyssinian Maid PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey Yarlott |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2016-06-17 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 131720896X |
First published in 1967, this book seeks to show the causes which led to Coleridge’s breakdown in 1802 and to indicate how his views on poetry changed as a result of it. The approach is selective in that it only focuses on one part of Coleridge’s life (roughly 1793-1810); however the author attempts to relate a number of different areas of his activity and to trace his emotional and moral development more closely than might be possible in a full-scale biography. The account of Coleridge’s life ends in 1810, when his relationship with the two key figures in his life Asra and Wordsworth had ruptured, as this reflected which of Coleridge’s Notebooks were available at the time.
Nimbus of Glory
Title | Nimbus of Glory PDF eBook |
Author | Warren Stevenson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 114 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834. Kubla Khan |
ISBN |
'Kubla Khan' Poetic Structure, Hypnotic Quality, and Cognitive Style
Title | 'Kubla Khan' Poetic Structure, Hypnotic Quality, and Cognitive Style PDF eBook |
Author | Reuven Tsur |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Pages | 269 |
Release | 2006-01-01 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9027223696 |
This book endorses Coleridge's statement: "nothing can permanently please which does not contain in itself the reason why it is so". It conceives of "Kubla Khan" as of a hypnotic poem, in which the "obtrusive rhythms" produce a hypnotic, emotionally heightened response, giving false security to the "Platonic Censor", so that our imagination is left free to explore higher levels of uncertainty. Critics intolerant of uncertainty tend to account for the poem's effect by extraneous background information. The book consists of three parts employing different research methods. Part One is speculative, and discusses three aspects of a complex aesthetic event: the verbal structure of "Kubla Khan", validity in interpretation, and the influence of the critic's decision style on his critical decisions. The other two parts are empirical. Part Two explores reader response to gestalt qualities of rhyme patterns and hypnotic poems in perspective of decision style and professional training. Part Three submits four recordings of the poem by leading British actors to instrumental investigation.
The Creative Mind in Coleridge's Poetry
Title | The Creative Mind in Coleridge's Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | Kathleen M. Wheeler |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 206 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780674175730 |
Five of Coleridge's major poems are given fresh scrutiny in this arresting study. One of its unusual features is the attention given the Preface to "Kubla Khan," the Gloss to The Ancient Mariner, and other prose accompaniments to the poems usually dismissed as extraneous. Devices such as these, the author argues, are strategically employed by Coleridge in an effort to engage the reader in a fully imaginative response. Kathleen Wheeler elucidates the texts in terms of aesthetic experience and also in terms of the philosophical principles that inform them, showing how Coleridge's theories of mind and imagination function within the poems and shape their design. A subtle and gifted reader of poetry, she enriches our understanding of poems we thought we knew well, and provides insights along the way into the creative process.