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Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( / ˈkoʊlərɪdʒ / KOH-lə-rij; [1] 21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth.
May 11, 2024 · Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English lyrical poet, critic, and philosopher. His Lyrical Ballads, written with William Wordsworth, heralded the English Romantic movement, and his Biographia Literaria (1817) is the most significant work of general literary criticism produced in the English Romantic.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge is the premier poet-critic of modern English tradition, distinguished for the scope and influence of his thinking about literature as much as for his innovative verse.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an influential 18th-century figure in English literature and a leading poet of the Romantic era. His introspective works pushed the boundaries of Romantic poetry.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a leader of the British Romantic movement, was born on October 21, 1772, in Devonshire, England. His father, a vicar of a parish and master of a grammar school, married twice and had fourteen children.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, (born Oct. 21, 1772, Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire, Eng.—died July 25, 1834, Highgate, near London), English poet, critic, and philosopher. Coleridge studied at the University of Cambridge, where he became closely associated with Robert Southey.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) was a renowned English poet, critic, and philosopher, best known for his lyrical and imaginative works. Alongside William Wordsworth, he played a pivotal role in the Romantic movement. Coleridge’s most famous poems include “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and “Kubla Khan.”
Jun 23, 2024 · Overview. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. (1772—1834) poet, critic, and philosopher. Quick Reference. (1772–1834) The English poet is important in the history of philosophy as one of the main conduits by which both the work of Kant and German Romanticism were introduced into England.
Romantic-era poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge famously defined imagination as the human mind’s temporary replication of the divine creation of the world. “The primary Imagination,” he wrote, “I hold to be … a repetition in the finite mind of the eternal act of creation.”
Remembered now mostly for his opium intake and friendship with William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge is responsible for some of the best-known poems in the English language.
