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Lyrical Ballads: With A Few Other Poems (Penguin Classics: Poetry First Editions) Paperback – 6 May 1999

by Samuel Coleridge (Author), William Wordsworth (Author)
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200 years since its first publication, LYRICAL BALLADS will be published as it was put together by Wordsworth ad Coleridge. Accepted as one of the most revolutionary and influential books of English poetry, LYRICAL BALLADS includes Coleridge's 'TheRime of the Ancient Mariner' and Wordsworth's 'Tintern Abbey'. Published as part of the Penguin Poetry First Editions series in which the greatest collections of poetry in English will be published in their original form. All texts have been completely reset and some minor changes made to punctuation.
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  1. Print length
    128 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Penguin Classics
  4. Publication date
    6 May 1999
  5. Dimensions
    13.6 x 1.1 x 21.6 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0140437169
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0140437164
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Coleridge (1772-1834) has been criticized as a political turn-coat, drug addict and plagiarist whose wrecked career left only a handful of magical early poems. But the shaping influence of his highly imaginative criticism is now generally accepted,and his position, along with Wordsworth (1770-1850), as one of the two great progenitors of the English Romantic spirit is assured. A great innovator, Wordsworth permanently enlarged the range of English poetry both in subject matter and treatment.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Classics
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 6 May 1999
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ New
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0140437169
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140437164
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 170 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.6 x 1.1 x 21.6 cm
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  • Mr. A. Jones
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent collection
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 August 2024
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  • Numberwang
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Edition
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 August 2003
    I had previously read the poems that appear here in their final forms, but to read the collection in it's first form was a true revelation. It has passed into poetic lore, the revolutionary nature of this poetry and the driven 'Preface' that appeared in the second edition. Here however, perhaps more is revealed about the true character of valid revolution; a simple advertisement preceeds the poems, and a current of uncertainty runs throughout.
    The advertisements claim that these poems "were written chiefly as an experiment" reads like a disclaimer, while invoking the authority of the enlightenments Sir Joshua Reynolds' view that poetry can only be judged after intense protection all seem like self-protection on Wordsworth's part.
    This uncertainty, which is the most charming feature of this edition, runs through all of the Wordsworth poems. 'The Female Vagrant' "thus her artless story told"; 'Goody Blake and Harry Gill', we are told, is a true story; 'Lines left upon a seat in a Yew-Tree' - it is as if Wordsworth is reluctant to take any credit for the compositions, fearing a critical backlash. Which is perhaps why he collaborated with Coleridge here; it is easier to hide between two names and the uncertainty of the specific writer than to set out on your own revolution.
    The same device that seems meant to protect Wordsworth seems to have freed Coleridge; two of his poems start the collection, in the most avant-garde fashion. The disorientating, sequential non-sequitirs of 'The Rime of the ancyent marinere' does something new with English poetry; it confounds the search for meaning, a la David Lynch, which paired with the supernatural themes of the poem is very magical. In it's first edition form it is free from textual glosses, which surprisingly, doesn't detract from the poetry in any way. 'The Foster-Mothers Tale', a "dramatic fragment", frustrates in a similar way.
    The collection ends with Wordsworths 'Tintern Abbey'; do you need any more recommendation?
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