poetic voices of Coleridge

a study of his desire for spontaneity and passion for order.

by Max F. Schulz

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Published 1964 by Wayne State University Press] .
Written in English

Subjects:

• Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, -- 1772-1834.

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Edition Notes

First published 1963.

ID Numbers
Open Library	OL18920493M

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge, –, English poet and man of letters, b. Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire; one of the most brilliant, versatile, and influential figures in the English romantic movement. Early Life The son of a clergyman, Coleridge was a precocious, dreamy child. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, (born Octo , Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire, England—died J , Highgate, near London), English lyrical poet, critic, and Lyrical Ballads, written with William Wordsworth, heralded the English Romantic movement, and his Biographia Literaria () is the most significant work of general literary criticism produced in .

Additionally, Coleridge announces that he is publishing this fragment, written years before, only at the behest of the deservedly famous (as he ingenuously notes) Lord Byron. Thus, in short order, Coleridge blames a book, sleep and dreams, drugs, a visitor, and Byron for this curious and cryptic poem rather than bravelyFile Size: 2MB.   Coleridge's contemporaries recognized his passion for prosody; his own criticism of other people's verse harps on meter and errors of meter as politely as possible, given his fear that a crucial skill risked being lost to the poetic tradition; his definitions of poetry stress energy and movement rather than the belabored distinctions between primary and secondary . Like his friend Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge found a lot of inspiration in nature. Check out Coleridge writing about nature's inspirational power in "This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison". The sublime is a big theme in Romantic poetry. And in Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" we see it reflected in the spooky, icy landscape.

Schneider, Elizabeth, in Coleridge, Opium and “Kubla Khan,” University of Chicago Press, , p. Shultz, Max F., in The Poetic Voices of Coleridge: A Study for Spontaneity and a Passion for Order, Wayne State University Press, , p.   Sally West's timely study is the first book-length exploration of Coleridge's influence on Shelley's poetic development. Beginning with a discussion of Shelley's views on Coleridge as a man and as a poet, West argues that there is a direct correlation between Shelley's desire for political and social transformation and the way in which he appropriates Cited by: 3. Great deals on Poetry Books Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at Fast & Free shipping on many items!