Coleridge on Shakespeare: The text of the lectures of 1811-12

The only substantial text of a series of lectures on Shakespeare by S T Coleridge is that provided by J P Collier's Seven Lectures on Shakespeare and Milton. This edition is based on hitherto unpublished transcripts of these lectures.

1. Introduction 2. The entries relating to Coleridge in John Payne Collier's diary, October-November 1811 3. Collier's diary: the transcripts of Lectures 1 and 2 4. The transcript of Lecture 6 5. The transcript of Lecture 7 6. The transcript of Lecture 8 7. The transcript of Lecture 9 8. The transcript of lecture 12 9. Appendix A: Collier's diary and his reports of Coleridge's conversation in 1856 10. Appendix B: Collier's manuscript diary and transcripts of the 1811-12 Lectures 11. Collier's short-hand alphabet 12. Appendix C: Collier's short-hand notebooks