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FIRST EDITION NEAR FINE IN DUSTWRAP. . THIS IS THE FIRST FULL-LENGTH STUDY OF THE EARLY UNREVISED VERSION OF COLERIDGE`S JOURNAL THE FRIEND. DR. COLEMAN RECONSTRUCTS THE PERSONAL AND INTELLECTUAL BACKGROUND OF THE JOURNAL FOCUSING PARTICULARLY ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING ITS PRODUCTION COLERIDGE`S UNEASY DEBUT AS A GOVERNMENT APOLOGIST AND HIS DEBTS TO A TRADITION OF ENGLISH CONSERVATION.