Poetry and Prose of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
On Samuel Taylor Coleridge
by J. Zimmerman
Links.
Poetry.
Books.
Poetry
- Coleridge's three most exotic and "Gothic" poems:
- "Kubla Khan"
- "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
- "Christabel"
All unconventional and unfinished.
- Coleridge's "conversation" poems include:
- "The Eolian Harp"
- "The Lime Tree Bower My Prison"
Selected Poetry by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
edited with an introduction by William Empson and David Pirie
- 88-page introduction by Empson.
- 106 pages of Coleridge's poems.
- 10-page Textual Commentary by Pirie.
- 38 pages of notes to the poems by Pirie.
Prose
- "He is the greatest critic in English literature."
[English Romantic Poets
(lectures by Willard Spiegelman)]
- Coleridge's Biographia Literaria
was the first serious criticism of
William Wordsworth's work,
recognizing not only the beauties of the
work but also that some of
William Wordsworth's
"claims for the poet's job were simply ludicrous".
Timeline
Also see
more complete Timeline of English Romantic Poets.
- 1772
- Birth of
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
in Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England.
- 1789
- French Revolution.
- 1794
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
leaves Cambridge University without a degree;
meets Robert Southey.
- 1795
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
lectures on religion and politics.
- First (though brief) meeting of
William Wordsworth
and
Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
marries Sarah Fricker.
- 1798
- Lyrical Ballads
co-authored by
William Wordsworth
and
Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
-
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
writes
"Ancient Mariner" (in Lyrical Ballads),
"Christabel" (Part I), and possibly
"Kubla Khan".
- (To 1799)
William Wordsworth
and
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
each in Germany.
- 1799
- First tour of the English Lake District by
William Wordsworth
and
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
together.
-
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
meets Sara Hutchinson.
-
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
writes
"Dejection: an Ode".
- 1803
- Scottish tour by
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
with
William Wordsworth
and Dorothy Wordsworth.
- (To 1815)
War between England and France.
- 1804
-
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
goes to Malta as Acting Public Secretary till 1806.
- 1808
-
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
lectures on literature at the Royal Institution.
- 1810
- October: rupture between
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
and
William Wordsworth.
- 1816
- "Christabel" by
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
published.
- 1817
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge's
Biographia Literaria.
- 1834
- Publication of third edition of
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's
Poetical Works.
- Death of
Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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Books
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