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Book Review By Miranda Smith
Coleridge: Early Visions by Richard Holmes

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, journalist, philosopher, plagiarist and opium addict. He is probably most famous as the author of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
He was born into a middle class family in southern England. His exceptional intelligence and poetic sensibility came to the fore in his teens, but he did not achieve real fame until the publication of some of his work jointly with William Wordsworth.
Coleridge, Wordsworth and the circle of friends who became known as the Lake Poets, were notable for their love of nature and their desire to express themselves in a modern straightforward way.
As Coleridge became depressed by his difficult marriage and increasingly dependent on opium, hir relationship with the Wordworths fell apart.


Plot & Themes
job/profession:
Job/profession/poverty story Yes
Kind of living: - general poverty story
Period of greatest activity? - 1600-1899 -

Subject of Biography
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - British
Unusual characteristics:

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 8 ()
Europe Yes
Century: - 18th century

Writing Style
Book makes you feel? - thoughtful - like laughing
Pictures/Illustrations? - Some in color 1-5
How much dialogue in bio? - little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 26-50% of book
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