Rosemary Ashton explores the many facets of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's complex personality, by turns poet, critic, thinker, enchanting companion, feckless husband, fabled conversationalist and guilt-ridden opium addict.
About the Author
Rosemary Ashton is Professor of English at University College, London. Her books include The German Idea (1980), George Eliot (1983), Little Germany (1986) and G.H. Lewes: A life (1991).
Features
A major account of the life and work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Author an authority on Anglo-German cultural connections in the 19th century - so this book is particularly strong and very accessible too on the German philosophical and literary background.
