Samuel Taylor Coleridge was born on 21 October 1772 in Ottery St Mary, Devon, and died on 25 July 1834 at Highgate, near London. He occupies an unusual and commanding place in English literary history: he was at once one of the makers of Romantic poetry, a revolutionary critic of Shakespeare and poetic language, a philosophical mediator between German idealism and English thought, a political journalist, a religious…
“A poem is that species of composition, which is opposed to works of science, by proposing for its immediate object pleasure, not truth.”
Neighbourhood:
Dramatic Poets, Mystical & Spiritual Poets, Nature Poets, Political Poets, Romantic Poets
Emotional landscape: Wonder, Spirituality, Longing
In the grand tapestry of Victorian literature, where titans like Tennyson, Browning, and Arnold cast long shadows across the poetic landscape, there exist quieter voices whose contributions, though perhaps less monumental, possess their own distinctive charm and significance. Edward James Mortimer Collins (29 June 1827 – 28 July 1876) was an English novelist, journalist and poet whose work embodied "light grace, thei…
“A man is as old as he's feeling, a woman is as old as she looks.”
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Light Verse Poets, Love Poets, Victorian Poets
Emotional landscape: Tenderness, Longing, Joy
