Samuel Taylor Coleridge war eine Schlüsselfigur der englischen Romantik und Mitbegründer dieser Bewegung zusammen mit William Wordsworth. Sein Werk befasst sich tiefgründig mit Imagination, dem Übernatürlichen und der Natur des dichterischen Schaffens. Mit seiner Verskunst und seinem bedeutenden Prosawerk legte Coleridge ein Erbe, das bis heute durch seine philosophische Tiefe und lyrische Kraft besticht.
In Samuel Taylor Coleridges unvollendeter Dichtung „Christabel“ begegnet die Protagonistin einer mysteriösen Fremden, Geraldine, im Wald. Die Geschichte entfaltet sich mit düsteren und erotischen Elementen, die von Joachim Kalka in deutsche Verse übertragen wurden. Die zweisprachige Ausgabe bietet einen Einblick in Coleridges faszinierende Welt.
Zum 250. Geburtstag von Samuel Taylor Coleridge erscheint diese Auswahl von Gedichten, die den unbestrittenen Kern seines Werkes bilden und mit denen er sich als einer der großen sechs Dichter der englischen Romantik etablierte, neben Blake, Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley und Keats.Die vorliegende handliche Auslese ist abwechslungsreich und lohnend, zumal es bis heute nie eine Übertragung einer solchen Auswahl in deutscher Sprache gab. Immer wieder nachgedichtet wurden der »Alte Seemann« und »Kubla Khan«, doch entzog sich beispielsweise die fesselnde und rätselhafte »Christabel« neben vielen anderen Blankversen bis anhin der Übersetzung.
Exploring the concept of imagination, the book delves into its role as a vital force in human perception and creativity. It presents imagination as a reflection of the divine act of creation, emphasizing its significance in understanding reality and the infinite. Coleridge's philosophical insights invite readers to consider how imagination shapes our experiences and interpretations of the world, bridging the finite human mind with the eternal.
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"Kubla Khan." "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." "The Eolian Harp." Samuel Taylor Coleridge was a genius who wrote some of the greatest poems in the history of the English language. Together with his friend William Wordsworth, he provided the best articulation of Romanticism, as well as some of the most powerful examples of that aesthetic. This collection, from the excellent Everyman's Library Pocket Poets series, includes not only Coleridge's poetry, but also some selections from his insightful essays and letters about poetry. But of course, it's the poems that count the most, as evidenced by this excerpt from one of Coleridge's less legendary works, his beautiful tribute "To William Wordsworth," which was written after hearing his friend give an especially moving reading. These sentiments could easily apply to the author himself: "The tumult rose and ceased: for Peace is nigh / Where Wisdom's voice has found a listening heart."
Presents over 70 of Coleridge's major poems, portions of the Biographia Literaria, critical essays, and selected letters.
Lyrical Ballads constituted a quiet poetic revolution, both in its attitude to its subject matter and its anti-conventional language. This volume contains all of "Lyrical Ballads" with Wordsworth's preface of 1800/1802, and a wide range of both poets' other work across their poetic careers.
A sailor recounts the terrible fate that befell his ship when he shot down an albatross.
