Coleridge - Softcover

Richard Holmes

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007204566 ISBN 13: 9780007204564

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2005

Synopsis

Timely reissue of the second volume of Holmes's classic biographies of one of the greatest Romantic poets.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard Holmes is Professor of Biographical Studies at the University of East Anglia, and editor of the Harper Perennial series Classic Biographies launched in 2004. His is a Fellow of the British Academy, has honorary doctorates from UEA and the Tavistock Institute, and was awarded an OBE in 1992. His first book, Shelley: The Pursuit, won the Somerset Maugham Prize in 1974. Coleridge: Early Visions won the 1989 Whitbread Book of the Year, and Dr Johnson & Mr Savage won the James Tait Black Prize. Coleridge: Darker Reflections, won the Duff Cooper Prize and the Heinemann Award. He has published two studies of European biography, Footsteps: Adventures of a Romantic Biographer in 1985, and Sidetracks: Explorations of a Romantic Biographer in 2000.

Review:

'One of the greatest biographies of the century. Pure joy to read, it is a shimmering portrait of the mature artist veering between brilliance and despair' Financial Times 'This - and I can't remember ever thinking this before so strongly - is a biography to grow old with' Independent

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0007204566
• ISBN 13: 9780007204564
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 640