内容简介
OneofthemajorfiguresofEnglishRomanticism,SamuelTaylorColeridge(1772-1834)createdworksofremarkablediversityandimaginativegenius.TheperiodofhiscreativefriendshipwithWilliamWordsworthinspiredsomeofColeridge'sbest-knownpoems,fromthenightmarishvisionofthe"RimeoftheAncientMariner"andtheopium-inspired"KublaKhan"tothesombrepassionof"Dejection:AnOde"andthemedievalballad"Christabel".Hismeditative'conversation'poems,suchas"FrostatMidnight"and"ThisLime-TreeBowerMrPrison",reflectonremembranceandsolitude,whilelateworks,suchas"YouthandAge"and"ConstancytoanIdealObject",arehauntingmeditationsonmortalityandlostlove.
作者简介
SamuelTaylorColeridge(1772-1834)wasoneofthefirstfiguresoftheRomanticmovement,andapoet,philosopherandcritic.HisclosefriendshipwithDorothyandWilliamWordsworth,whomhemetin1797,ledtothepublicationofthe"LyricalBallads",whichmarkedaconsciousbreakwithpoetictraditionandincludesoneofColeridge'smostfamouspoems,"TheRimeoftheAncientMariner".WilliamKeachisProfessorofEnglishatBrownUniversityinRhodeIsland.HehaspublishedmanybooksandarticlesonRenaissanceandRomanticliterature.