Published originally in 1809-1810, The Friend was revised in 1812, by
public demand. In 1818, a three-volume rifacimento appeared in which
Coleridge attempted to dispel obscurity, tie up loose threads of
reasoning, and provide more mature apercus. Now, in the Collected
Works, The Friend has been re-edited to return to Coleridge's 1818
text. His emendations, cuts, and marginal comments noted in six copies
of the work, as well as manuscript additions and deletions, have been
included as footnotes. The editor's footnotes also elucidate sources and
themes and provide translations of the many Latin and Greek passages.
The entire periodical Friend is given as an appendix, with the 1812
revisions.
Originally published in 1969.
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