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Record Nr.

UNISA996214903803316

Autore

Hough Barry

Titolo

Coleridge's laws [[electronic resource] ] : a study of Coleridge in Malta / / Barry Hough and Howard Davis ; with an introduction by Michael John Kooy ; translations by Lydia Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : Open Book, 2010

ISBN

9781906924140 : (ebk : EbookCentral)

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxviii, 375p. ; : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

DavisHoward

DavisLydia

Disciplina

340.094585

Soggetti

Poets, English - 19th century

British - Malta - History - 19th Century

Poets, English - Homes and haunts - Malta

Critics - Great Britain

English poetry - Italian influences

History

Malta Intellectual life 1789-1900

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record and e-publication (viewed on May 14, 2019).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : Coleridge and the rule of law -- The battle of self -- Coleridge's Malta -- The constitutional position of the civil commissioner -- Coleridge's proclamations and public notices -- Thematic Analysis of the proclamations and public notices -- An Assessment of the proclamations and public notices -- ; Appendices Translations of the proclamations and public notices -- The British occupation of Malta.

Sommario/riassunto

Samuel Taylor Coleridge is best known as a great poet and literary theorist, but for one, quite short, period of his life he held real political power – acting as Public Secretary to the British Civil Commissioner in Malta in 1805. This was a formative experience for Coleridge which he later identified as being one of the most instructive in his entire life. In this volume Barry Hough and Howard Davis show how Coleridge’s actions whilst in a position of power differ markedly from the idealism



he had advocated before taking office – shedding new light on Coleridge’s sense of political and legal morality.