Coleridge and the Romantic Newspaper

This book examines how Coleridge staged his private woes in the public space of the newspaper. It looks at his publications in the Morning Post , which first published one of his most famous poems,  Dejection. An Ode. It reveals how he found a socially sanctioned public outlet for poetic disappointments and personal frustrations which he could not possibly articulate in any other way. Featuring fresh, contextual readings of established major poems; original readings of e