Project Gutenberg 2014-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 173 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor 1772 1834 Coleridge, S. T. (Samuel Taylor) Coleridge, Ernest Hartley 1846 1920 Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. 1 (of 2) E-text prepared by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. 1 (of 2)" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a collection of personal letters written in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This volume showcases the correspondence of the renowned poet and philosopher, providing insights into his life experiences, relationships, and reflections during his formative years. The letters frequently focus on Coleridge’s thoughts about literature, his family background, and his evolving identity, as well as his interactions with friends and contemporaries like Thomas Poole and Robert Southey. The opening of the collection introduces readers to Coleridge's life story, beginning with his childhood in Devonshire. Coleridge expresses a desire to recount his biography honestly, noting the mix of virtues and flaws that shaped him. He shares anecdotes about his family, including his father's struggles, his early education, and the complexities of sibling relationships. This reflective and engaging introduction effectively sets the tone for the letters that follow, highlighting Coleridge's introspective nature and his earnest desire to connect with his readers while illustrating the formative influences on his poetic career. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44553/44553-h/images/cover.jpg en Poets, English -- 19th century -- Correspondence Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834 -- Correspondence Critics -- Great Britain -- Correspondence PR Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Literature 1383686 1383492 2024-09-18T15:38:06.029439 2023-09-19T11:11:40.959200 text/html text/html 1343224 2020-06-25T09:20:01 text/html 993647 2020-06-25T09:20:01 text/html application/zip 1059932 2024-09-18T15:38:53.327299 application/epub+zip 1081581 2024-09-18T15:38:20.989645 application/epub+zip 564911 2024-09-18T15:38:13.464399 application/epub+zip 1517723 2024-09-18T15:39:07.204103 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1313353 2024-09-18T15:38:40.534280 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 798109 2022-09-20T10:10:41.563348 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1041302 2024-09-18T15:38:00.765458 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1048458 2020-06-25T09:20:01 text/plain; charset=utf-8 413732 2020-06-25T09:20:02 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1040674 2020-06-25T09:20:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 412047 2020-06-25T09:20:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1040796 2020-06-25T09:20:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 411790 2020-06-25T09:20:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22729 2024-09-18T15:39:07.397129 application/rdf+xml 10036 2024-09-18T15:38:13.826368 image/jpeg 1666 2024-09-18T15:38:13.648386 image/jpeg 1019048 2024-09-18T15:38:06.168416 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia