The Book Prize Index

Coleridge: Early Visions

Richard Holmes

... The first volume of Richard Holmes's life of Coleridge was hailed by Michael Holroyd as "a modern masterpiece, a book that marks a climax in the golden age of modern biography." The romantic writer who emerges from these pages is unforgettably vivid and unexpected. Holmes gives us a true portrait of unfolding genius---a man who learns as much from children's games as from philosophic treatises, as much from bird flight as from theology.

BiographyBiography · medium confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyTopic Classifier: Literature & Writers -> Arts & CriticismAward Category: Costa Book Awards: Biography -> BiographyLiterature & WritersReligion & Religious MovementsFamily, Childhood & Adoption

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Costa Book Awards: Biography1989WinnerSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Coleridge72%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    25 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 74%.