Biographia Literaria

Coleridge, with his superior philosophical training and profundity of thought, became one of England''s greatest critics, despite his digressiveness and verbosity. The Biographia Literaria (1817), a collection of his literary life and opininions, is both autobiographical and critical. Intended as a mere preface to a collected volume of his poems, explaining and justifying his own style and practic...