Coleridge Biographia Literaria Chapters I–IV, XIV–XXII, Wordsworth Prefaces and Essays on Poetry 1800–1815

Originally published in 1920, this book presents chapters 1-4 and 14-22 from Coleridge's Biographia Literaria. Edited by George Sampson, and containing an introduction by the renowned critic and novelist Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, the text was intended to provide both students of literature and more advanced readers with a selection of accessible passages from Coleridge's prose. Context is given by the inclusion of essays and prefaces from 1800–15 by Wordsworth relating to poetic theory, writings which are the subject of an extensive critical analysis in the Biographia. A list of works by Coleridge and Wordsworth is also incorporated, together with a summary of the chapters omitted by the editor. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Romantic literature, English poetry and literary criticism.