PPT-Samuel Taylor Coleridge The English poet was born in England, 1722

He was the youngest boy of the family who survived infancy Two of his brothers joined the army two went into the church one joined the East India Company and one became a surgeon Coleridge developed an intense imagination from an early age and gave himself nightmares reading . Ballad of Sir Patrick Spence Well If the bard was weatherwise who made The grand old ballad of Sir Patrick Spence This night so tranquil now will not go hence Unroused by winds that ply a busier trade Than those which mold yon cloud in lazy 64258ake diate gains and should be discounted to a smaller present value (Loewenstein & Prelec, 1992). But the extent to which people discount future outcomes tends to indicate irrational impa-tience (Frederic Romanticism. Guiding Questions. How did political events in America and France in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries affect English Society?. How did the industrialization of England revolutionize the ways in which people lived and worked?. Gifted writer; genius hampered by lifelong problems (esp. self-doubt and health). Last of . 14 children. Spoiled by father, who died when STC was 9. Withdrew into a world of fantasy and books. Attended Cambridge U on scholarship. What is a satire?. A satire is any piece of writing or graphic media designed to make its readers feel . critical . – of themselves, of their fellow human beings, and of their society. . Satire is usually directed at humanity in general, but can also target a specific group or individual.. Historical Background . Started in 1798 when William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge released “Lyrical Ballads.”. Most significant event was The French Revolution and . Napoleanic. Wars. . Enthusiastic supporters of the revolution in its early stages were writers who would play a central role in romanticism. . Reading and discussion prep. If there is a book assigned for the week I will expect you to use that to prepare. If there is not I will post some a extract on-line (usually primary source). I also expect you to give yourself a background knowledge of the subject. Marsh9thEnglish.Wordpress.com. Major Eras of British/American Poetry. Elizabethan. Romantic. Victorian. Modernist. Post-Modernist. ELIZABETHAN PERIOD. 1558-1603. Elizabethan Age. The reign of Elizabeth I was also a. The poet. leader of the British Romantic movement, was born on October 21, 1772, in Devonshire, England. In 1795 Coleridge befriended William Wordsworth. In 1798 the two men collaborated on a joint volume of poetry entitled Lyrical Ballads. The collection is considered the first great work of the Romantic school of poetry and contains Coleridge's famous poem, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." . Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) Born in Ottery St. Mary in Devonshire Father died when he was eight ; sent to school in London Studied at Cambridge, but left to join Role of England. England weak, politically and economically in comparison to Spain. . Henry VII sponsored John Cabot’s voyages to Canada 1497 . lost interest when NW passage not discovered.. Lack of political will, and military capacity to challenge Spain before later 16thC. Quiz. By the pupils of . 5B. Collège Jean Jaurès, Clichy. He was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston.. He died on April 17, 1790 in Philadelphia.. He was American.. He was a . physicist. . He was one of the . Neo-Classical Poetry. Representative poets of the age are-. Dryden, . Goldsmith, . Pope . and Milton. . Each poet surfaced one among the three segments of the neoclassical poetry- . Restoration Age,. from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The poem is about a sailor who shoots an albatross, (a bird which flies over ocean) and this brings a curse upon the ship . These lines follow the incident of the shooting: .