Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Download or read book Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge written by Adam Roberts and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-22 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new, fully annotated critical edition of this key Romantic textGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748692088', 'ISBN:9780748692095', 'ISBN:9780748692101']);This new edition of the Biographia supersedes all previous editions. Crucially, it takes into consideration 3 decades of research and scholarship on Coleridge and includes all Coleridge's references and allusions. In tracing all unattributed references, Adam Roberts has in some cases opened up whole new avenues of interpretation for the text, materially altering or changing the way we read this classic work. This new scholarly edition for a 21st-century readership includes a detailed Critical Introduction, a Textual Introduction, the text of the Biographia Literaria, including Coleridge's notes and editorial footnotes; Endnotes; and a Bibliography. It is likely to stand as the definitive textual edition for many years to come. Key Features:The first edition of the Biographia in 3 decades and the first ever to identify all of Coleridge's many allusions and "ations Draws on the most up-to-date scholarship on the textFully explains the genesis, the poetic and philosophical contexts and debates surrounding the textProvides the chance to revitalise Romanticism studies more generally."