Bøker av Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Notes is a collection of essays, lectures, and musings by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and his son Derwent Coleridge. The pieces cover a wide range of topics, including philosophy, theology, politics, and literature, and offer unique insights into the minds of two of the most important thinkers of the Romantic era.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

"The primary Imagination I hold to be the living Power and prime Agent of all human Perception, and as a repetition in the finite mind of the eternal act of creation in the infinite I AM." -Samuel Taylor ColeridgeIn his Biographia Literaria, Coleridge explains his theory of poetry as a creation of the "self-sufficing power of absolute Genius," which he claimed was as different from talent as "an egg [from] an egg-shell." Fusing autobiography, literary criticism, and religious and philosophical theory, Biographia Literaria is a supreme work of literary criticism and one of the classics of English literature.Coleridge insisted on sound sense and clear reference in phrase, metaphor, and image. He discouraged literary "embroidery," along with conventional similes and stale poetic diction, aiming to write in natural language that spoke to the heart as well as the intellect. Critical of the rhetorical excesses in poetry of the time, he joined Wordsworth in promoting "natural thoughts with natural diction."Biographia Literaria was the most important work of literary criticism of the English Romantic period, combining philosophy and literary criticism in a new way. It remains an incomparable source of informed reflection on the brave new literary world whose birth pangs Coleridge attended. This edition, newly designed and typeset, includes the complete text (originally published in two volumes) along with all of Coleridge's voluminous explanatory footnotes. It is printed on acid-free, archival-quality paper with a hardback case-laminate binding for long life and durability.

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Como sugiere el título, el poema épico "Kubla Khan" comienza con una descripción de la cúpula del placer que Kubla Khan encargó construir en Xanadú, con jardines, bosques y el río sagrado Alph. El orador usa la palabra "sublime" para describir el paisaje, lo que implica que hay algo extraordinario en él. En esta nueva incorporación, Kubla Khan sale de los confines de su castillo para encontrar un lugar de esplendor sin igual donde la naturaleza reina suprema. Montañas, ríos y el retumbar del viento y la lluvia aparecen ante sus ojos. Expande sus horizontes y gobierna su reino con más compasión y una imagen más amplia en mente. El poema original es conocido por su final repentino, que deja a los lectores preguntándose qué pasó después. El legado de Kubla Khan no está en el palacio que construyó, sino en los pensamientos y esperanzas que inventó, y sigo con el tema de profundizar más allá de lo conocido en este nuevo segmento. El autor sugiere que nos inspiremos en nuestro pasado y dejemos que nuestros vívidos recuerdos de imaginación guíen el camino hacia las maravillas que se encuentran más allá.