The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: 1838Good Press, 2019 M12 5 - 283 pages This book is a biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He also shared volumes and collaborated with Charles Lamb, Robert Southey, and Charles Lloyd. He wrote the poems 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and 'Kubla Khan', as well as the major prose work 'Biographia Literaria'. His critical work, especially on William Shakespeare, was highly influential, and he helped introduce German idealist philosophy to English-speaking cultures. Coleridge coined many familiar words and phrases, including "suspension of disbelief". He had a major influence on Ralph Waldo Emerson and American transcendentalism. |
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