Kubla Khan : A personal depiction of Coleridge’s orientalism
“In any case drug induced or not, Kubla Khan and the personal depiction of Coleridge’s orient” When the term or genre dream vision appears, the Gawain poet and his elegy poem “Pearl” conjures to my mind due to his vivid imagination … Continue reading Kubla Khan : A personal depiction of Coleridge’s orientalism
Kubla Khan and the Orient
In the selected poems of S.T.Coleridge, the them of Kubla Khan attracts me a lot. For it shows a unique exotic subject. As Coleridge said, Kubla Khan is the product of the poet’s dream after the use of opium. … Continue reading Kubla Khan and the Orient
Apocalyptic Visions Obscuring Inward Darkness
Aside from the obvious stress and disquietude of negative press, Byron’s writing benefited from his turmoils. Up until the year 1816, his literature was dark and melancholic, with shades of existential quandary, but 1816 brought about a notable turn. Specifically, Byron’s … Continue reading Apocalyptic Visions Obscuring Inward Darkness
Witches, Spirits, Ghosts and the Patriarchy
Byron’s Manfred is a fascinating mental drama that primarily addresses emotions and the psychology of grief. It also utilizes an array of supernatural characters to ultimately address Manfred’s ambiguous position of being neither mortal, nor immortal. Aside from these aspects, … Continue reading Witches, Spirits, Ghosts and the Patriarchy
“Suspended animation”: “Christabel” as Coleridge’s Frankenstein monster
In the “Preface” to “Christabel” Coleridge mentions that his “poetic powers have been…in a state of suspended animation” (161). This fragment of “suspended animation” recalls the desire of Victor Frankenstein to “bestow animation upon lifeless matter” (Shelley 78). If Coleridge’s … Continue reading “Suspended animation”: “Christabel” as Coleridge’s Frankenstein monster
Coleridge “O’er-master’d by the mighty spell”: a Lacanian perspective on Coleridge’s “indolence”
“Man’s desire is the other’s desire” is one of French psychoanalyst, Jacques Lacan’s well-known formulas (Žižek 36). This concept of desire, coupled with Lacan’s view of “psychoanalysis itself [as] a method of reading texts, oral (the patient’s speech), or written” … Continue reading Coleridge “O’er-master’d by the mighty spell”: a Lacanian perspective on Coleridge’s “indolence”
Coleridge and Opium Use
Scholars can find a degree of empathy for Samuel Taylor Coleridge because they can relate to writing in an altered state of consciousness, much like the poet himself; for students the condition is often due to the lack of … Continue reading Coleridge and Opium Use
Lord Byron’s Alpine Journal
Lord Byron’s Alpine Journal offers a rare unhindered glimpse into the thoughts, emotions of a poet and author whose popularity was partly built on scandal and rumours. It is a work that makes him more relate-able than his other writings, … Continue reading Lord Byron’s Alpine Journal
Coleridge, as a poet of supernaturalism
Supernatural elements are peppered throughout Coleridge’s Christabel, in his essay On Poesy or Art, Coleridge talks about his view on “natura naturata”, “If the artist copies the mere nature, the natura naturata, what idle rivalry! If he proceeds only from … Continue reading Coleridge, as a poet of supernaturalism
The Failure of Fundamentalism
The state of fundamentalism can be thought of as one in which extreme beliefs tip the scale irreconcilably far from the opposing side, thereby outweighing any opportunity to find balance at the center. It is this idea that Scott explores … Continue reading The Failure of Fundamentalism
The Private Perspective: A Means for Understanding the Public Sphere
In Old Mortality, Sir Walter Scott paints a world in which the public and the private interweave. For the characters, the barriers that separate these spheres begin to blur as the political conflict between the Episcopals and Covenanters impacts on … Continue reading The Private Perspective: A Means for Understanding the Public Sphere
Coleridge’s ‘Christabel’; Gothic, unfinished, and liminal.
Throughout ‘Christabel’, Coleridge utilizes liminality as a literary tool in order to create the mysterious Gothic aspect of the poem. Liminality, derived from the Latin word Limen, meaning a threshold, is depicted in literature as a crossing-point and … Continue reading Coleridge’s ‘Christabel’; Gothic, unfinished, and liminal.
John Murray in 1816 
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