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Chaque jeudi, Coleridge tient salon, chez son hôte, le docteur James Gillman, où il profère de véritables leçons d’histoire littéraire, philosophique et politique, dont s’abreuvent, en sus du vin de mûre, ses convives : son neveu, mais aussi des invités aussi remarquables que De Quincey, Wordsworth ou Carlyle. Notées sur le vif, à l’insu de leur auteur, par ledit neveu, ces discours d’un orateur né incluent aussi bien des remarques sur le développement des arts, sur les rapports entre la prose et la poésie, que des jugements sévères ou élogieux sur les écrivains passés et présents, des charges contre ses contemporains, d’anecdotes littéraires et autobiographiques, et de nombreux bons mots. Y règnent la liberté de jugement, le goût du paradoxe et l’art du raccourci vertigineux.

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1836

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England and one of the Lake Poets. He is probably best known for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as his major prose work Biographia Literaria.

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February 2, 2022
I loved this, and would have given it 5* but it’s really not for everyone. It shows the extraordinary range of Coleridge’s knowledge and opinion. It could also uncharitably be said it shows him as a garrulous know-it-all. I loved hearing his opinions on everything from the Corn Laws, to German blank verse, slavery, universal suffrage, literature, music, the Old Testament etc etc. his mind was remarkable. These are opinions though, and it’s not necessary to agree with them all to enjoy this.
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