Andrew Lang / Patten Wilson - Selections from the Poets Coleridge - 1898

Charming illustrated edition of this literary anthology designed to present, in an elegant and accessible format, the major poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a central figure of English Romanticism.

Andrew Lang, critic and scholar, selects and introduces texts by highlighting their imaginative power, musicality, and philosophical depth, while aiming to provide the reader with a coherent view of Coleridge's poetic work.

The selected poems include major romantic works (The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan, Christabel), as well as lyrical and meditative poems, illustrating the diversity of his inspiration.

Patten Wilson accompanies this edition with symbolist engravings and vignettes, which visually convey the mystical and visionary atmosphere of the texts, enhancing the aesthetic effect and the modern reception of Coleridge.

Andrew Lang / Patten Wilson - Selections from the Poets Coleridge - 1898 - Longmans, Green, & Compagnie
244 pages

Good condition of the binding, the work is in its full gray edition canvas, with signs of use, rubbed headbands and corners, gilded edges, smoothly decorated spine, beautiful illustrations on the covers.

Good interior condition, slight stains, title in red and black, charming initial letters, work enriched with numerous illustrations outside the text, including a frontispiece.

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