TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cottle,Joseph
TI  - Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey
AV  - PR 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography
KW  - Southey, Robert, 1774-1843
KW  - Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834
N1  - Release date is 2005-07-01; Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Thomas Berger, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey" by Joseph Cottle is a biographical work written in the mid-19th century. The book delves into the lives and relationships of two prominent figures in English literature, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey. Cottle aims to capture their intellectual journeys and the intricacies of their interactions, highlighting significant events that shaped their literary careers.  At the start of the memoir, Cottle reflects on his own experience and the solemn nature of revisiting the past as he recounts his associations with Coleridge and Southey. He introduces the ambitious project known as Pantisocracy, which aimed to create a communal society on the banks of the Susquehanna River. Key characters emerge, including Robert Lovell and George Burnet, who initially proposed this endeavor, with Coleridge and Southey among the aspiring idealists. The narrative reveals their youthful exuberance and unrealistic dreams, alongside the pragmatic challenges they faced, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of their lives as both poets and friends amidst the backdrop of their shared ambitions and personal struggles. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8580
ER  -