Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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In this article, the writer discusses that despite Samuel Taylor Coleridge's acknowledged writings on nature and religion, his impact on general readers has been considerably less compared to other writers of his time such as William Wordsworth, Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley. The writer notes that some believe that this may be due, in part, to the scant writings during his lifetime, as well as the large gap between works. The writer then discusses possible reasons why Coleridge made such a little impact on literature as a whole.

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"Why then had Coleridge made such a little impact on literature as a whole? He is rarely mentioned as one of the main poets or writers of his time period or even with the romantic poets and authors. Others, like his estranged friend Wordsworth are cited much more often. Many scholars believe that it is because he wrote very little during his life time and/or had a large gap between his works."
"He wrote The Ancient Mariner by the time he was twenty-five and then never succeeded in finishing another work on the same scale throughout a long lifetime. What other well-known writer has done this? "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Coleridge, E.H. (1912). The Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. London: Henry Frowde.
• Jackson, J.R. (1995). Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Critical Heritage. Volume: 1 London: Routledge.
• Suther, M. (1960) The Dark Night of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Contributors: Marshall New York: Columbia University Press.
• Taylor, A. (2001). Coleridge and the Pleasures of Verse. Contributors: Anya Taylor - Studies in Romanticism. 40( 4) 547+.

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