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Samuel Taylor Coleridge And Opium., Donald John Marotta May 2006

Samuel Taylor Coleridge And Opium., Donald John Marotta

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Coleridge's usual use of opium was through laudanum, a mixture of opium and alcohol. This thesis presents the history of and criticism regarding the poet's use of laudanum and the physical and emotional consequences the drug held for him and his writing career.

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