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Coleridge, the Wordsworths, and Their Year of Marvels: The Making of Poetry
By Nicolson, Adam
- ISBN
- 9780374908492
- Publisher
- Farrar
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Starred Review on January 10, 2020 | Nonfiction
The fascinating "year of marvels" (1797) that brought forth a burst of creative energy equal to a literary big bang, and just about as inexplicable, introduced two seemingly minor poets (William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge) and some of the most indelible poetry ever produced. Nicolson, who has written on topics as varied as the creation of the King James Bible (God's Secretaries), the importance of Homer (Why Homer Mat...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
