Coleridge's Play of Mind
John Beer
Abstract
An account of Coleridge's life and career which aims to be both comprehensive and searching, relying on the most up to date available information. Although arranged in roughly chronological fashion it focuses on themes and ideas, tracing the development of his varying interests and obsessions, notably in the field of psychology. Particular attention is devoted to the tension between Coleridge and James Mackintosh, his relationship with Sara Hutchinson, arguments about the reality or otherwise of his unacknowledged borrowings from other writers, the originality of his comments on Shakespeare, t ... More
Keywords: Mackintosh, psychology, Sara, Hutchinson, unacknowledged, borrowings, Shakespeare, zoomagnetism, religion
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2010 | Print ISBN-13: 9780199574018 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2010 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199574018.001.0001 |
