{"title":"Samuel Coleridge","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the captivating world of \u003cem\u003eSamuel Taylor Coleridge\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the most influential figures in English Romantic literature. Coleridge was not just a poet but a literary visionary whose works have left an indelible mark on the arts and culture landscape. Within this collection, you'll find seminal pieces such as \u003cem\u003eLyrical Ballads\u003c\/em\u003e, co-authored with William Wordsworth, which is credited with sparking the Romantic Movement in England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDelve into \u003cem\u003eThe Complete Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge\u003c\/em\u003e, where you can uncover the entirety of his poetic repertoire. His remarkable ability to weave fantasy with reality, as seen in poems like \"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner\" and \"Kubla Khan\", transports readers into enchanting realms of imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eColeridge's work not only enchants with its artistic beauty but also prompts reflection upon the nature of human experience and emotion. Whether you're a long-time lover of literature or new to the classics, this selection offers an inviting passage into the enthralling life and works of Samuel Coleridge, an enduring icon in arts and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"lyrical-ballads-by-samuel-coleridge-9780140424621","title":"Lyrical Ballads","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA collection of poems exemplifying Romantic aesthetic ideals, whose unique beauty lies in their revolutionary exploration of the 'overflow of powerful emotions recollected in tranquility', Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth's \u003cem\u003eLyrical Ballads\u003c\/em\u003e is edited with a note on the text by Michael Schmidt in Penguin Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1798, \u003cem\u003eLyrical Ballads\u003c\/em\u003e is a dazzling collaboration containing twenty-three poems by close friends, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge - two major figures of English Romanticism. The volume heralded a new approach to poetry and expresses the poets' reflections on mankind's relationship with the forces of the world. Coleridge's contribution includes the nightmarish vision of 'The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere', one of the works for which he became best known, as well as the fantastical conversational poem 'The Foster-Mother's Tale' and the melancholic 'The Nightingale'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWordsworth's 'We are Seven' depicts a child's naive optimism in the face of cruel mortality, while 'Goody Blake and Harry Gill' and 'Simon Lee' celebrate the simplicity and strength he perceived in country people, and 'Tintern Abbey' explores the healing powers of nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis Penguin Classics edition allows readers to recapture the full impact and power of \u003cem\u003eLyrical Ballads\u003c\/em\u003e. It also includes a note on the history of the text by Michael Schmidt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSamuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) has been criticised as a political turn-coat, drug addict and plagiarist whose wrecked career left only a handful of magical early poems. But the shaping influence of his highly imaginative criticism is now generally accepted, and his position, along with that of William Wordsworth (1770-1850), as one of the two great progenitors of the English Romantic spirit is assured. A great innovator, Wordsworth permanently enlarged the range of English poetry both in subject matter and treatment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you enjoyed the \u003cem\u003eLyrical Ballads\u003c\/em\u003e, you might like Wordsworth's \u003cem\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e, also available in Penguin Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46501883609324,"sku":"9780140424621","price":25.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27133983482237.jpg?v=1748604778"},{"product_id":"the-complete-poems-of-samuel-taylor-coleridge-by-samuel-coleridge-9780140423532","title":"The Complete Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the great figures of English Romanticism, Coleridge's poems show diversity and imaginative genius.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the major figures of English Romanticism, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) 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 \u003cem\u003eRime of the Ancient Mariner\u003c\/em\u003e and the opium-inspired \u003cem\u003eKubla Khan\u003c\/em\u003e to the sombre passion of \u003cem\u003eDejection: An Ode\u003c\/em\u003e and the medieval ballad \u003cem\u003eChristabel\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis meditative 'conversation' poems, such as \u003cem\u003eFrost at Midnight\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThis Lime-Tree Bower My Prison\u003c\/em\u003e, reflect on remembrance and solitude, while late works, such as \u003cem\u003eYouth and Age\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eConstancy to an Ideal Object\u003c\/em\u003e, are haunting meditations on mortality and lost love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46510662385900,"sku":"9780140423532","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27123093482237.jpg?v=1748801929"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/samuel-coleridge.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}