Traill divides Coleridge’s life into three periods: the poetical years of the Ancient Mariner and the friendship with Wordsworth, the critical period of lectures and periodicals, and the metaphysical and theological years at Highgate. He follows the poet’s wanderings, his stay on Malta and his opium habit, with a judicious eye on his genius and weakness.
A balanced short life from the classic Victorian series of literary biographies. Download the free EPUB.