ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -In addition to his poetry, Coleridge also wrote influential pieces of literary criticism including Biographia Literaria, a collection of his thoughts and opinions on literature which he published in 1817. The work delivered both biographical explanations of the author’s life as well as his impressions on literature.

Detailed explanation-2: -He producing other important works, such as Aids to Reflection (1825), and became known as the “sage of Highgate” for the power and influence of his conversation. His Table Talk was collected and published after his death by his son in law, Henry Nelson Coleridge.

Detailed explanation-3: -Like other Romantics, Coleridge as a poet represents the culmination of Romanticism in its purest form. His poetry manifests all the characteristics for which Romanticism stands. Coleridge is most famous for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Christabel, Kubla Khan, Ode to Dejection, and Frost at Midnight.

Detailed explanation-4: -Coleridge established the conception of organic theory of literature and the modern criticism of English literature was originated by him. He considers that the poetry is the synthesis of the whole activity of the poet. So poetry is connected to the highest value of art.