The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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.

List of Illustrations. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I:1772-1803:. 1. Inspired Charity Boy 1772-1791. 2. Cambridge and Pantisocracy 1791-1794. 3. Bristol and Marriage 1795-1796. 4. Nether Stowey and 'Kubla Khan' 1796-1797. 5. The Ancient Mariner. 6. To Germany and Back 1798-1800. 7. Greta Hall 1800-1802. Part II: 1803-1834:. 8. In Search of Health: To Malta and Back: 1803-1806. 9. Friendships and The Friend 1807-1810. 10. Life-in-Death: London 1810-1814. 11. Risen Again : Biographia Literaria 1814-1817. 12. Highgate 1818-1821. 13. Coleridge the Sage: Aids to Reflection 1821-1825. 14. Progress and Permanence 1826-1829. 15. Last Years: Church and the State 1830-1834. Notes. Bibliography. Index.