Coleridge's laws : a study of Coleridge in Malta / / Barry Hough and Howard Davis ; with an introduction by Michael John Kooy ; translations by Lydia Davis.

• Author: Open Book.; Hough, Barry.
• TeilnehmendeR: Davis, Howard.; Davis, Lydia.; Open Book.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xxviii, 375p. ;; ill.
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record and e-publication (viewed on May 14, 2019).

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction : Coleridge and the rule of law -- The battle of self -- Coleridge's Malta -- The constitutional position of the civil commissioner -- Coleridge's proclamations and public notices -- Thematic Analysis of the proclamations and public notices -- An Assessment of the proclamations and public notices -- Appendices Translations of the proclamations and public notices -- The British occupation of Malta.