Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Bloom's Major Poets)

✍ Scribed by Harold Bloom

• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 120
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Coleridge's poetry often overshadows the brilliance of the other forms of writing he chose to pursue. His critical work reveals a wealth of profoundly sensitive observations and a prophetic vision of compelling authenticity. Examine some of his works and poetry, including Kubla Kahn, and his theory of secondary imagination. This title, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
Editor’s Note......Page 9
Introduction......Page 10
Biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge......Page 12
Thematic Analysis of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”......Page 16
Critical Views on “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”......Page 23
Thematic Analysis of “Frost at Midnight”......Page 39
Critical Views on “Frost at Midnight”......Page 43
Thematic Analysis of “Christabel”......Page 59
Critical Views on “Christabel”......Page 64
Thematic Analysis of “Dejection: An Ode”......Page 80
Critical Views on “Dejection: An Ode”......Page 85
Thematic Analysis of “Kubla Khan”......Page 99
Critical Views on “Kubla Khan”......Page 102
Works by Samuel Taylor Coleridge......Page 115
Works About Samuel Taylor Coleridge......Page 116
Index of Themes and Ideas......Page 119