PPT-Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Romantic Poet

Gifted writer genius hampered by lifelong problems esp selfdoubt 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. 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?. Characteristics of British Romantic Poetry. Romanticism. It elevated the individual, the passions, and the inner life, embracing a more dramatic, personal, and emotional style--even to the point of melancholic emotion. 1785-1830. What is Romanticism?. a complex artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution.. . Millennium I . pp. . . 220 - 221. STUDY QUESTIONS. What are the main themes in Blake’s poetry?. Blake’s “Songs of Innocence” (1789) portray the un-fallen state of man ( the state in which humanity was before Adam and Eve were banished by God from Heaven for committing the sin of pride) while “Songs of Experience (1794) deal with the presence of evil and injustice in the world. . American . romantic. . poets. EMILY DICKENSON. EDGAR ALLEN POE. RALPH WALDO EMERSON. WALT WHITMAN. ENGLISH . romantic. . poets. . WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. EMILY DICKENSON. Emily . Dickenson. . often. . 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. . Two of the most important works in English literature:. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above . Tintern. Abbey” by William Wordsworth. 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 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 . Introduction. 1770-1830 in literature, 1880’s in music. History of ideas as a perpetual oscillation between extremes.. One mode of thought inevitably provokes its opposite.. Reaction against Enlightenment. Anticlassical.. 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: .