Samuel Taylor Coleridge
English poet, literary critic and philosopher (1772–1834)
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic, and philosopher who lived from 1772 to 1834. He is a significant figure in literary history, known for his contributions to poetry and his influential ideas about literature and philosophy.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 21 October 1772
- Died
- 25 July 1834
- Works
- 1018
Top works
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge's ballad Christabel
- Selected poems
- Lyrical ballads (1798)
- Aids to reflection
- The poems of S.T. Coleridge
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- 964
- Total plays
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge (/ˈkoʊ.lə.rɪdʒ/ KOH-lə-rij; 21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth. He also shared volumes and collaborated with Charles Lamb, Robert Southey, and Charles Lloyd.
Coleridge wrote the poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and "Kubla Khan", as well as the major prose work Biographia Literaria. His critical works were highly influential, especially in relation to William Shakespeare, and he helped introduce German idealist philosophy to England. Coleridge coined many familiar words and phrases, including "suspension of disbelief," the avoidance of critical thinking to follow a narrative. He was also an important influence on Ralph Waldo Emerson and the beginnings of American transcendentalism because of his unique interpretation of Immanuel Kant's concept of intuition, which he outlined in both Biographia Literaria and Aids to Reflection.
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