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Coleridge's laws : a study of Coleridge in Malta
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ISBN: 9781906924140 1906924139 1906924147 2821816987 1906924120 9781906924133 9781906924126 Year: 2010 Publisher: Cambridge : Open Book,

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge is best known as a great poet and literary theorist, but for one, quite short, period of his life he held real political power – acting as Public Secretary to the British Civil Commissioner in Malta in 1805. This was a formative experience for Coleridge which he later identified as being one of the most instructive in his entire life. In this volume Barry Hough and Howard Davis show how Coleridge’s actions whilst in a position of power differ markedly from the idealism he had advocated before taking office – shedding new light on Coleridge’s sense of political and legal morality.

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British -- Malta -- History -- 19th century. --- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, -- 1772-1834 -- Travel -- Malta. --- Critics -- Great Britain -- Biography. --- English poetry -- Italian influences. --- Malta -- Intellectual life -- 1789-1900. --- Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography. --- Poets, English -- Homes and haunts -- Malta. --- Italian influences. --- Coleridge, S. T. --- Kolʹridzh, Samuil, --- Кольридж, Самуил, --- Kolʹridzh, Samuil Teĭlor, --- Кольридж, Самуил Тейлор, --- Kūlīridzh, Ṣāmwīl Tīlūr, --- קולרידג׳, סמיואל טיילור --- Kūlīridj, Ṣāmwīl Tīlūr, --- كولردج، صمويل تيلور, --- קאָלרידש, ס. ט., --- Republic of Malta --- Repubblika taʼ Malta --- State of Malta --- Malte --- Maltese Islands --- مالطة --- Mālṭah --- Мальта --- Рэспубліка Мальта --- Rėspublika Malʹta --- Republika Malta --- Малта --- Република Малта --- República de Malta --- Maltská republika --- Gweriniaeth Malta --- Republik Malta --- Malta Vabariik --- Μάλτα --- Δημοκρατία της Μάλτας --- Dēmokratia tēs Maltas --- Government of Malta --- Gvern ta̕ Malta --- マルタ --- Maruta --- Melita --- Poets, English --- British --- Critics --- English poetry --- English poets --- British people --- Britishers --- Britons (British) --- Brits --- Ethnology --- History --- Homes and haunts --- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, --- Travel --- Malta --- Intellectual life --- romanticism --- legal history --- romantic literature --- nineteenth century --- colonial government --- political history --- samuel taylor coleridge --- colonialism --- malta --- british imperial history --- maltese history --- Avvisi --- Royal commission --- British imperial history --- Colonial government --- Colonialism --- Legal history --- Maltese history --- Political history --- Romantic literature --- Romanticism --- Nineteenth century


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Samuel Taylor Coleridge is best known as a great poet and literary theorist, but for one, quite short, period of his life he held real political power—acting as Public Secretary to the British Civil Commissioner in Malta in 1805. This was a formative experience for Coleridge which he later identified as being one of the most instructive in his entire life. In this book, Barry Hough and Howard Davis show how Coleridge's actions whilst in a position of power differ markedly from the idealism he had advocated before taking office—shedding new light on Coleridge's sense of political and legal morality. Meticulously researched and including newly discovered archival materials, Coleridge's Laws provides detailed analysis of the laws and public notices drafted by Coleridge, together with the first published translations of them. Drawing from a wealth of primary sources, Hough and Davis identify the political challenges facing Coleridge and reveal that, in attempting to win over the Maltese public to support Britain's strategic interests, Coleridge was complicit in acts of government which were both inconsistent with the rule of law and contrary to his professed beliefs. Coleridge's willingness to overlook accepted legal processes and personal misgivings for political expediency is disturbing and, as explained by Michael John Kooy in his extensive introduction, necessarily alters our understanding of the author and his writing. Coleridge's Laws contributes in new ways to the current debates about Coleridge's achievements, British colonialism and its engagement with the rule of law, nationhood and the effectiveness of the British administration of Malta. It provides essential reading for anybody interested in Coleridge specifically and the Romantics more generally, for political and legal historians and for students of colonial government.

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