Anima Poetæ

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Anima Poetæ

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

EN·~7 hours·16 chapters

Chapters

16 total

PREFACE

1:32

PREFACE

11:13

ANIMA POETÆ

0:00

CHAPTER I - 1797-1801

22:24

CHAPTER II - 1802-1803

54:54

CHAPTER III - 1804

1:03:16

CHAPTER IV

1:18:28

CHAPTER V

20:02

CHAPTER VI

29:53

CHAPTER VII

36:32
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Description

The book gathers more than fifty unpublished pages from the personal notebooks of a Romantic poet and thinker. Compiled by his son‑in‑law, the editor preserves fragments of prose, verse, and correspondence that had never before reached the public eye. Readers are invited into the very margins where ideas were first sketched and later set aside.

Within these pages the voice shifts from fleeting aphorisms to earnest confessions, from lively banter to solemn meditation. The material reveals how the poet wrestled with theology, logic, and the restless imagination that fueled his major works. Occasionally a witty observation or a tender memory breaks scholarly tone, reminding us that these were written for a handful of trusted confidants. The collection therefore feels less like a finished treatise and more like a living journal.

As an experience the listener hears the cadence of a 19th‑century mind stitching together thought and feeling. The reading preserves the original punctuation and occasional marginal notes, creating the sense of sitting beside the notebook’s owner. It offers a glimpse for anyone curious about the private side of literary genius.

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Language

en

Duration

~7 hours (412K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Carla Foust, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

Dec 25, 2012

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

1772–1834

A leading voice of English Romanticism, he helped change poetry with its dreamlike imagery, musical language, and deep interest in imagination. His best-known works, including "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and "Kubla Khan," still feel eerie, vivid, and unforgettable.

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