Biographia Literaria
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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BIOGRAPHIA LITERARIA
CHAPTER I
Motives to the present work—Reception of the Author’s first publication—Discipline of his taste at school—Effect of contemporary writers on youthful minds—Bowles’s Sonnets—Comparison between the poets before and since Pope.
It has been my lot to have had my name introduced both in conversation, and in print, more frequently than I find it easy to explain, whether I c...
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Imagination and the Nature of Poetry: Coleridge delves into the nature of poetic creation and the role of the imagination. He distinguishes between "fancy" and "imagination," with imagination being the creative faculty that unifies and gives meaning to experiences. He discusses the transformative power of the imagination in poetic composition and its ability to convey profound truths.
Nature and t...
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William Wordsworth: Coleridge's close friend and fellow poet, William Wordsworth, is a prominent presence in "Biographia Literaria." Coleridge discusses their poetic collaboration and friendship, as well as engaging in a critique of Wordsworth's theories, particularly in relation to the plain language and the ordinary in poetry.
Immanuel Kant: The German philosopher Immanuel Kant is a significant...
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Quote 01: Poetry vs Prose: “A poem contains the same elements as a prose composition; the difference must consist in a different combination of them; in consequence of a different object proposed.”
Explanation: Coleridge says both prose and poetry use the same elements—words and structure. But their purposes are different. Prose is for expressing truth, while poetry aims to give pleasure. So the s...
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