Abrams, M. H. The Mirror and the Lamp.

New York: Norton, 1958. A timehonored examination of the theory of Romantic poetry. Useful for background information.

Brown, C. M. The Romantic Imagination.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1949. An insightful study of a complex subject. Useful for background information.

Doughty, Oswald. Perturbed Spirit: The Life and Personality of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1981. A balanced and comprehensive presentation of the facts of Coleridge's life.

Hanson, Lawrence. The Life of S. T. Coleridge: The Early Years. New York: Oxford University Press, 1939. Covers the period of Coleridge's life leading up to the composition of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner."

Holmes, Richard. Coleridge. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. A volume in the Past Masters Series, this is a recently published overview of Coleridge's life and works.

Lowes, John Livingston. The Road to Xanadu. New York: Vintage Books, 1959. A...