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‘Remarkable…compelling…excellent…this is a story with everything…Sisman persuasively outlines the reasons why these two great writers were attracted to each other, and why they fell out. Read it. Not just because it's a colourful tale, but because of what it reveals about the neuroses underpinning the creative impulse.’ Daily Telegraph
‘Refreshingly direct, thoughtful and objective…Adam Sisman's insightful portrait of the lifelong friendship between two proud and complex men justifies his publisher’s faith in the capacity of literary biography to thrive and endure. Sisman, like Holmes before him, has a gift for registering his subjects both in their time and our own. Their agonies, hopes and humiliations make for painful but absorbing reading.’ Sunday Times
‘[Sisman’s] account of their friendship is not only voyeuristically readable, but it offers real insight into the dynamics of literary creation.’ Sunday Times
‘Perceptive and affectionate…excellent…Sisman has done his research…his book is solid, trustworthy, grounded.’ Observer
‘Adam Sisman is one of those authors you know will be readable, enlightening and original…by concentrating on the years of magical rapport, Sisman captures the writers at their most electric.’ Independent
‘In a gripping, masterful narrative, Adam Sisman empathises equally with both men as he traces their friendship from its initial heady idealism, through the creative paradise of the Lake District years, to its sad, acrimonious ending.’ Sunday Telegraph
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It's a very readable account of their relationship, beginning with the French Revolution which provides an illuminating introduction to the background surrounding both men before they met, then going on to detail their first meetings, the almost euphoric nature of their relationship when it was in its most friendly and productive stages, and culminating in its bitter descent into antipathy and rancour.
There were some areas where I felt I wanted to know more, not about their relationship but about them as individuals, but I realise this isn't the book to go into that - I've already earmarked Richard Holmes' 'Coleridge: Early Visions' to learn more about STC.
I'm not sure it escaped the 'impasse' mentioned by Sisman as to disliking one or other of the poets. Despite his attempts to be fair and equal, it seems Wordsworth didn't do well by his friend. I wonder what a more impassioned, less careful account would have of it.
All in all an extremely good read and highly recommended.
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