{"product_id":"the-design-of-biographia-literaria-9781138669970","title":"The Design of Biographia Literaria","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Catherine M. Wallace\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1983, this book examines a work whose intricacies have baffled and infuriated generations of readers and proposes a theory of Coleridge's writing habits that \"explain(s) his explanation\". The author painstakingly analyses the \u003ci\u003eBiographia's \u003c\/i\u003eorganising structure distinguishing between the daring conception and often inept execution of Coleridge's idea of critical discourse. It is argued that Coleridge's autobiographical format present a richly metaphorical \"self\" whose literary life has led to the now-famous doctrine of secondary imagination. The author's command of Coleridge scholarship will shed new light on the \u003ci\u003eBiographia \u003c\/i\u003efor specialists and non-specialists alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46931476447383,"sku":"9781138669970","price":10376.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138669970.webp?v=1771613715","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-design-of-biographia-literaria-9781138669970","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}