Samuel Taylor Coleridge
English Romantic poet and critic whose Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan are masterpieces of supernatural imagination. His Biographia Literaria is the most important Romantic critical work.
Works
- Rime of the Ancient MarinerSupernatural narrative poem of a sailor cursed to wander the seas
- Kubla KhanFragment of visionary verse depicting an opulent imperial palace
- ChristabelGothic narrative poem of romance and supernatural enchantment
- Biographia LiterariaAutobiographical critical prose on poetry, aesthetics, and literary theory
- Dejection: An OdeOde expressing despair amid emotional turmoil and failed love