Samuel Taylor Coleridge Eman Poet Lib #18 (Everyman Poetry) [Paperback]

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Author), John Beer (Author)

Book Description

Series: Everyman Poetry | Publication Date: January 15, 1997

This volume contains much of Coleridge's poetry, the complete `Biographia Literaria', substantial extracts from other prose works, and a generous sampling of his more informal writings.

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Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 5 Up-This skillful introduction opens with an overview of Coleridge's life and poetry, followed by 18 works (or parts of works). Engell includes many of the English poet's most significant pieces, although "Dejection: An Ode"-important enough to mention in the introduction-is omitted. The notes and footnotes (defining obscure terms) accompanying each poem will be helpful to readers tackling the poet's challenging work. Chan's enchanting paintings embellish the text and do a nice job of capturing the mood of the poetry without dominating it. A useful but small index concludes the book. Little material for younger students focuses on Coleridge, making this a useful purchase for any collection.
Julie Roach, Malden Public Library,
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From Booklist

Reviewed with books on Wordsworth and Yeats in the Poetry for Young People series.

Gr. 6-10. The editors of these handsome collections in the Poetry for Young People series have chosen well, bringing together about 20 of each great poet's most accessible, compelling poems, with selections that range from Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" to Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" and Yeats' stark, dramatic "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death." The full-color paintings on each page are beautiful. Each volume begins with a helpful general biography and a critical introduction to the poet's work. On the page with each poem, brief editorial notes provide useful context and guidance (if only the notes were at the back of the book, so that the reader could first enjoy a poem free of commentary). In fact, the book design is a problem, especially in the Yeats book. Harrington's impressionistic art is lush and beautiful, evoking the Irish landscapes, fantasy worlds, and stormy emotions of the verse; but the large pictures leave no space for readers to imagine what the words suggest, and much of the type is hard to read because it's printed right on the dark, full-page paintings. In the Coleridge and Wordsworth collections there is a lot more white space, and the illustrations evoke each poet's world without totally overwhelming the verbal images. None of this classic poetry is easy reading, and all three books will work best for reading aloud and group discussion. Hazel Rochman
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Product Details

• Paperback: 105 pages
• Publisher: Everyman Paperbacks (January 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0460878263
• ISBN-13: 978-0460878265
• Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 5.2 x 7.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,372,135 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars OUR YOUNG FOLK DO NEED THE EXPOSURE TO THIS WONDERFUL POETRY!, November 5, 2006

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This review is from: Poetry for Young People: Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Hardcover)

I cannot think of a better way to introduce the poetry of Samuel Taylor Coleridge than this small volume. The selection is excellent and of interest you the young reader. The commentary is quite relevant as are the pictures which accompany it. I find that often now, our young people go all the way through the early grades in school and many of them have never heard of Coleridge,much less read his poetry. This was the sort of stuff my generation and the generation before it grew up on and cut our teeth on. I truely feel I would be much less richer had I not read it and had it read to me. I do not feel I am any worse for the wear. I am fearful that we are bringing up an entire generation (rightfully or wrong, although I feel it is the later) of young folks who will have no appreciation to this great art form and will miss a lot. This book helps. This entire series helps, as a matter of fact and I certainly recommend you add this one and the others to your library. Actually, it is rather fun reading these with the young folk and then talking about them. Not only do you get to enjoy the work your self and perhaps bring back some great memories, but you have the opportunity to interact with your child or student. It is actually rather surprising what some of the kids come up with. I read these to my grandchildren and to the kids in my classes at school. For the most part, when I really get to discussing the work with them, they enjoy it. Recommend this one highly.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The compositions if the greatest Romanticist ever, April 26, 1999

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This review is from: Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Oxford Authors) (Paperback)

The Romantics redefined english literature, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge was one of the leaders. Between he and William Wordsworth, they WERE the movement. His vision, and glorified writing style still tantalize me to this day.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Collection, Incredible Value, February 21, 2010

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Bill R. Moore (New York, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Selected Poems (Everyman Poetry) (Hardcover)

Though now the least known and read of the great English Romantic poets, Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote some of the language's most immortal poems, including "Kubla Khan" and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." William Wordsworth's contemporary, he exercised a profound influence on the better-known writer and the younger Romantics, the latter being especially impacted by his fascinations with the occult and supernatural as well as his innovations with form. Coleridge indeed originated or perfected many genres that soon became English poetry standards, such as the conversation poem (e.g., "This Lime Tree Bower my Prison"), while works like "Christabel" were simply revolutionary on technical grounds. Also, with Wordsworth, he helped bring ballads back into vogue. More important than all this is that his best poems still stand up as remarkable instances of a singular vision - dramatically engaging, technically competent, intellectually respectable, and thematically intriguing. Though not in English poetry's upper echelon, Coleridge remains an important writer with whom anyone seriously interested in poetry must be familiar.

This great collection has a generous selection - thirty-five poems over 133 pages. It is not merely representative but essentially comprehensive, containing nearly all of Coleridge's notable poems. This moves it beyond a mere primer; everyone but hard-cores and scholars will be fully served except those wanting substantial supplemental material. As this is an inexpensive edition, we get only a table of contents and a chronology; anyone wanting biographical or critical material, notes, or line numbers must look elsewhere. There are many such editions, but this will certainly satisfy most. The packaging is actually quite nice, especially considering the price; the book is a hardback with strong binding and even a built-in bookmark. Some may dislike its smallness, though the print is relatively large, but at least as many will be glad it can be pocketed. All told, anyone wanting anything less than a critical and/or comprehensive edition could do no better.