A new letter by Sara Coleridge

Mercer, Anna 2024. A new letter by Sara Coleridge. Romanticism 30 (3) , pp. 272-282. 10.3366/rom.2024.0659

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Abstract

This article provides a discussion of a previously unpublished letter in the Keats House Collections written by Sara Coleridge, the poet and editor, and the only daughter of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Presented here is the first transcription of the letter to be printed – addressed to the artist Samuel Laurence (sometimes Lawrence) – and an analysis of its contents in relation to Sara’s creative writing and life. The essay considers what the letter might be able to tell us about the author, her writing, her engagement with the arts, her position as a woman of letters in the late Romantic/early Victorian period in London, and her health, both physical and mental.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	English, Communication and Philosophy
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
ISSN:	1354-991X
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	21 October 2024
Date of Acceptance:	18 October 2024
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2024 04:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/173163

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