Aids to Reflection, in the Formation of a Manly Character, on the Several Grounds of Prudence, Morality, and Religion: Illustrated by Select Passages from Our Elder Divines, Especially from Archbishop Leighton. With an Appendix, and Illustrations from Other Works of the Same Author; Together with a Preliminary Essay, and Additional Notes

Coleridge, S.T. [Samuel Taylor]; Marsh, James

Published by Chauncey Goodrich, 1829

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First American edition, originally published in London in 1825, by the author best known for his poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Binder's copy. Front board stained and loose but included, pages foxed. 1829 Hard Cover. lxi, 399 pp. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He also shared volumes and collaborated with Charles Lamb, Robert Southey, and Charles Lloyd. He wrote the poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as the major prose work Biographia Literaria. His critical work, especially on William Shakespeare, was highly influential, and he helped introduce German idealist philosophy to English-speaking cultures. Coleridge coined many familiar words and phrases, including "suspension of disbelief". He had a major influence on Ralph Waldo Emerson and American transcendentalism. Throughout his adult life, Coleridge had crippling bouts of anxiety and depression; it has been speculated that he had bipolar disorder, which had not been defined during his lifetime. He was physically unhealthy, which may have stemmed from a bout of rheumatic fever and other childhood illnesses. He was treated for these conditions with laudanum, which fostered a lifelong opium addiction.

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• Title: Aids to Reflection, in the Formation of a Manly Character, on the Several Grounds of Prudence, Morality, and Religion: Illustrated by Select Passages from Our Elder Divines, Especially from Archbishop Leighton. With an Appendix, and Illustrations from Other Works of the Same Author; Together with a Preliminary Essay, and Additional Notes
• Publisher: Chauncey Goodrich
• Publication Date: 1829
• Language: English
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First American Edition.
• Condition: Fair
• Weight: 25 ounces