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.
VERY GOOD COPY. DUSTWRAP HAS SOME FADING AND HAS A VERY SMALL PIECE MISSING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SPINE. JAMES MARSH THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITOR AND COMMENTATOR ON SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE PUBLISHED AN EDITION OF COLERIDGE`S AIDS TO REFLECTION IN 1829 AT BURLINGTON VERMONT WHICH EXERCISED A PROFOUND INFLUENCE ON AMERICAN THOUGHT IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY BEGINNING WITH SUCH MAJOR FIGURES AS EMERSON RIPLEY AND OTHERS IN TRANSCENDENTALIST CIRCLES.
VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. ISBN NO. 0-8229-1114-0. COLERIDGE REMAINS AN ELUSIVE FIGURE IN ENGLISH LIERARY AND CULTURAL HISTORY ATTRACTIVE SELF-DISTANCING SYMPATHETIC AND BAFFLING BY TURNS. TO COMMEMORATE THE BICENTENARY OF HIS BIRTH A NUMBER OF SCHOLARS WELL KNOWN IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS WERE INVITED TO LECTURE ON HIS WORK AT CAMBRIDGE. THE RESULTING STUDIES ALONG WITH ONE OR TWO BASED ON LECTURES GIVEN ELSEWHERE PRESENT AN UNUSUALLY COMPREHENSIVE PICTURE OF HIS MIND AND IMAGINATION.
FIRST EDITION FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAP. LONG CELEBRATED AS A GREAT AESTHETIC IDEALIST AND CHAMPION OF THE IMAGINATION COLERIDGE IS NOW BEGINNING TO BE UNDERSTOOD AS A LITERARY CRITIC WITH MANY OTHER DIMENSIONS WITH EXCITING AND FAR-REACHING INSIGHTS INTO LANGUAGE AND WITH DETAILED NOTIONS ABOUT THE PSYCHOLOGICAL HISTORICAL AND LINGUISTIC DEMANDS OF THE LITERARY EXPERIENCE.
