{"title":"Books by Samuel Coleridge","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780140424621","title":"Lyrical Ballads","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwenty-three poems that transformed English poetry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eWordsworth and Coleridge composed this powerful selection of poetry during their youthful and intimate friendship. Reproducing the first edition of 1798, this edition of \u003ci\u003eLyrical Ballads\u003c\/i\u003e allows modern readers to recapture the book’s original impact. In these poems—including Wordsworth’s “Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey” and Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere”—the two poets exercised new energies and opened up new themes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43201387921586,"sku":"9780140424621","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780140424621_25f2d8e9-0147-40d8-b828-c377ae2f8093.jpg?v=1786011413"},{"product_id":"9780140424294","title":"Selected Poems","description":"With this collection, renowned Colridge biographer Richard Holmes casts new light on the poets sensibilities and accomplishments. Holmes divides the poems into eight categories of theme and genre, dispelling the myth of Coleridge as \"the metaphysical dreamer\" and rediscovering him as a Romantic autobiographer of tremendous power and range. At the heart of \u003ci\u003eSelected Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e are the Conversation Poems, a unified and beautifully crafted autobiographical sequence written over a period of twelve years. A series of little-known love poems to Asra, which combine understated passion and desperate directness, reflect the depths of Coleridge's feelings for Sara Hutchinson, his unattainable lifelong love. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volume also includes the robust Hill Walking Poems, and the secret agony of the Confessional Poems, as well as previously undervalued later poetry born of Coleridge's restless old age and his ironic reflection on his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56224105726325,"sku":"9780140424294","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780140424294_170d900b-210c-42bb-9ff1-584ce1624971.jpg?v=1786011389"},{"product_id":"9780140423532","title":"The Complete Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"O pure of heart! thou need’st not ask of me What this strong music in the soul may be!\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e One of the major figures of English Romanticism, Samuel Taylor Coleridge created works of remarkable diversity and imaginative genius. The period of his creative friendship with William Wordsworth inspired some of Coleridge’s best-known poems, from the nightmarish vision of the \"Rime of the Ancient Mariner\" and the opium-inspired \"Kubla Khan\" to the sombre passion of \"Dejection: An Ode\" and the medieval ballad \"Christabel.\" His meditative ‘conversation’ poems, such as \"Frost at Midnight\" and \"This Lime-Tree Bower Mr Prison,\" reflect on remembrance and solitude, while late works, such as \"Youth and Age\" and \"Constancy to an Ideal Object,\" are haunting meditations on mortality and lost love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This volume contains the final texts of all the poems published during Coleridge’s lifetime and a substantial selection from those still in manuscript at his death, arranged in chronological order of composition to show his development as a poet. Also included are an introduction, table of dates, further reading, extensive notes, and indexes of titles and first lines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. 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He abruptly interrupts his journey and starts sharing a story about his time at sea. He details its humble beginnings and the tumultuous events that followed. As the young man listens, he's taken aback by the story and the man's fight for survival. The Ancient Mariner faced hunger, thirst and eventually death before making a realization that would change the course of his life forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRime of the Ancient Mariner\u003c\/i\u003e is one of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's most famous works. Initially published in 1798, it's had a lasting impact on literature and pop culture, including music and film. It's a brilliant tale of morality that examines a character's actions and the inevitable consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of \u003ci\u003e Rime of the Ancient Mariner\u003c\/i\u003e is both modern and readable.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince our inception in 2020, \u003cb\u003eMint Editions\u003c\/b\u003e has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. 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