The Life of Samuel Taylor ColeridgeRosemary Ashtons acclaimed biography presents Samuel Taylor Coleridge poet, critic, thinker, plagiarist, cultural omnivore, enchanting companion, feckless husband, fabled conversationalist, guilt ridden opium addict in all his complexity. Ashton shows how Coleridges writings in verse and prose are especially directly expressive of his opinions and emotions and traces his development through friendship and marriage. An authority on nineteenth century