A Voyage In Vain: Coleridge's Journey To Malta In 1804
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A richly detailed biographical account, A Voyage in Vain chronicles Samuel Taylor Coleridge's ill-fated journey to Malta in 1804, a trip undertaken in desperate hope of restoring the poet's failing health and reviving his creative powers. Alethea Hayter presents a vivid portrait of Coleridge at one of the most turbulent crossroads of his life — consumed by opium addiction, estranged from his wife, and haunted by the fading of his genius. Drawing on letters, notebooks, and contemporary accounts, Hayter reconstructs not only the sea voyage itself but the psychological and creative crisis that shadowed the great Romantic poet. The narrative is both a compelling human drama and a scholarly illumination of how biography and literary history intersect, revealing how travel, failure, and suffering shaped the latter years of one of England's most celebrated poets.
Author: Alethea Hayter
Format: Hardback
Published: 1973, Faber and Faber
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good, minor wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings.
A richly detailed biographical account, A Voyage in Vain chronicles Samuel Taylor Coleridge's ill-fated journey to Malta in 1804, a trip undertaken in desperate hope of restoring the poet's failing health and reviving his creative powers. Alethea Hayter presents a vivid portrait of Coleridge at one of the most turbulent crossroads of his life — consumed by opium addiction, estranged from his wife, and haunted by the fading of his genius. Drawing on letters, notebooks, and contemporary accounts, Hayter reconstructs not only the sea voyage itself but the psychological and creative crisis that shadowed the great Romantic poet. The narrative is both a compelling human drama and a scholarly illumination of how biography and literary history intersect, revealing how travel, failure, and suffering shaped the latter years of one of England's most celebrated poets.