FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
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Kubla Khan
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Christabel
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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Biographia Literaria
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Detailed explanation-1: -Coleridge was as much a prose and theoretical writer as he was a poet, as revealed in his major work, Biographia Literaria, published in 1817.
Detailed explanation-2: -Coleridge’s Definitions of Prose and Poetry. “I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose-words in their best order; poetry-the best words in their best order.”
Detailed explanation-3: -’God save thee, ancient Mariner! Written in 1797-8, this is Coleridge’s most famous poem – it first appeared in Lyrical Ballads.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Biographia Literaria is a critical autobiography by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, published in 1817 in two volumes.
Detailed explanation-5: -Imagination and the suspension of disbelief In one of the most famous passages in Biographia Literaria, Coleridge offers a theory of creativity (pp. 95-96). He divides imagination into primary and secondary. Primary imagination is common to all humans: it enables us to perceive and make sense of the world.