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SamuelTaylorColeridge1.BiographyofColeridge2.HistoricalBackgroundofColeridge’sWritings3.MainthoughtsinColeridge’Writings4.LiteratureReview5.AnalysisofTheRimeoftheAncientMarinerfromthePerspectiveofColeridge’sThoughtofNature6.ConclusionSamuelTaylorColeridge,aleaderoftheBritishRomanticmovement,wasbornonOctober21,1772,inDevonshire,England.Hisfather,theReverendJohnColeridge,wasadistinguishedclassicalandHebrewscholarwhoheldtheprestigiouspositionofheadmasteroftheKing’sSchoolatOtterySt.Mary.Theyoungestchildinthefamily,Coleridgewasastudentathisfather'sschoolandanavidreader.Afterhisfatherdiedin1781,ColeridgeattendedChrist'sHospitalSchoolinLondon,wherehemetlifelongfriendCharlesLamb.whowouldgoontoacareerasanessayistandcritic.BiographyofColeridgeColeridge'sfatherhadalwayswantedhissontobeaclergyman,sowhenColeridgeenteredJesusCollege,UniversityofCambridgein1791,hefocusedonafutureintheChurchofEngland.Coleridge'sviews,however,begantochangeoverthecourseofhisfirstyearatCambridge.HebecameasupporterofWilliamFrend,wholefttheChurchofEnglandanddeclaredhimselftobeUnitarian,aProtestantsectnotrecognizedinEngland.However;FrendwasfinallyfoundguiltyandexpelledfromCambridge.ForColeridge,theCambridgeyearswerealsoatimeofdissolutionandfinancialhardship.Hebeganvisitingprostitutes,drinkingheavily,andtakingopium.Thesehabitsledtotremendousdebts,whichhisbrotherseventuallyhadtopayoff.Financialproblemscontinuedtoplaguehimthroughouthislife,andheconstantlydependedonthesupportofothers.BiographyofColeridgeInJune1794,ColeridgemetapoetRobertSouthey,afellowradicalwhowouldhaveanenormousinfluenceonColeridge.Together,thetwoyoungmenplannedtoestablishautopiandemocraticcommunityinAmerica,whichwouldbegovernedbywhatColeridgetermed“Pantisocracy”—equalrulebyall,whichinvolvedinemigratingtotheNewWorldwithtenotherfamiliestosetupacommuneonthebanksoftheSusquehannaRiverinPennsylvania.ColeridgeandSoutheyenvisionedthemensharingtheworkload,agreatlibrary,philosophicaldiscussions,andfreedomofreligiousandpoliticalbeliefs.BiographyofColeridgeAftervisitingWales,ColeridgereturnedtoEnglandtofindthatSoutheyhadbecomeengagedtoawomannamedEdithFricker.AsmarriagewasanintegralpartoftheplanforcommunallivingintheNewWorld,ColeridgedecidedtomarryanotherFrickerdaughter,Sarah.Coleridgewedin1795.Hismarriagewasunhappyandhespentmuchofitapartfromhiswife.Duringthatperiod,ColeridgeandSoutheycollaboratedonaplaytitledTheFallofRobespierre(1795).Whilethepantisocracywasstillintheplanningstages,Southeyabandonedtheprojecttopursuehislegacyinlaw.Leftwithoutanalternativeplan,Coleridgespentthenextfewyearsbeginninghiscareerasawriter.BiographyofColeridgeIn1795ColeridgebefriendedWilliamWordsworth,whogreatlyinfluencedColeridge'sverse.andin1797theColeridgesmovedtoNetherStoweyinEngland’sLakeDistricttobenearWordsworthThismoveinitiatedaperiodofclosecommunicationandpoeticcollaborationbetweenthetwopoetsthatculminatedintheirvolumeofpoetry,LyricalBallads,publishedin1798.ThecollectionisconsideredthefirstgreatworkoftheRomanticschoolofpoetryandcontainsColeridge'sfamouspoem,TheRimeoftheAncientMariner.aswellasthefragmentKublaKhan.BiographyofColeridgeThatautumnthetwopoetstraveledtotheContinenttogether.ColeridgespentmostofthetripinGermany,studyingthephilosophyofImmanuelKant,JakobBoehme,andG.E.Lessing.WhiletherehemasteredtheGermanlanguageandbegantranslating.WhenhereturnedtoEnglandin1800,hesettledwithfamilyandfriendsatKeswick.OverthenexttwodecadesColeridgelecturedonliteratureandphilosophy,wroteaboutreligiousandpoliticaltheory,spenttwoyearsontheislandofMaltaasasecretarytothegovernorinanefforttoovercomehispoorhealthandhisopiumaddiction.Stilladdictedtoopium,hemovedinwiththephysicianJamesGillmanin1816.In1817,hepublishedBiographiaLiteraria,whichcontainedhisfinestliterarycriticism.BiographyofColeridgeInhislastyears,Coleridgewasentirelyabsorbedinstudyingphilosophyandreligion.Whenhediedin1834,hehadfinallyachievedpeaceofmind.Thebrilliantpoet-criticwillforeverberememberedasamanofpowerfulimaginativevision.BiographyofColeridgeHisWorksPoetryArch(1798)Arch(1800)BiographiaLiteraria(1907)Christabel:KublaKhan,aVision;ThePainsofSleep(1816)FearsinSolitude(1798)LyricalBallads,withafewOtherPoems(1798)Poems(1803)PoemsonVariousSubjects(1796)SamuelTaylorColeridge,TheOxfordAuthors(1985)SelectionsfromtheSybillineLeavesofS.T.Coleridge(1827)SibyllineLeaves:ACollectionofPoems(1817)Sonnetsfromvariousauthors(1796)TheCollectedWorksofSamuelTaylorColeridge(1969)TheCompletePoeticalWorksofSamuelTaylorColeridge(1912)TheDevil'sWalk:APoem(1830)TheLiteraryRemainsinProseandVerseofSamuelTaylorColeridge(1839)ThePoeticalWorksofS.T.Coleridge(1828)ProseAMoralandPoliticalLecture(1795)AidstoReflectionintheFormationofaManlyCharacter(1825)BiographiaLiteraria,orBiographicalSketchesofmyLiteraryLifeandOpinions(1817)CollectedLettersofSamuelTaylorColeridge(1973)ConcionesadPopulum,orAddressestothePeople(1795)ConfessionsofanInquiringSpirit(1841)EssaysonHisOwnTimes;formingasecondseriesofTheFriend,(1850)HintstowardstheFormationofamoreComprehensiveTheoryofLife(1848)OntheConstitutionofCh