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Samuel Taylor Coleridge Nouf Hassani Mrs Timm 12 G January 28, 2013

Samuel Taylor Coleridge Nouf Hassani Mrs Timm 12 G January 28, 2013. Introduction. ‘’Advice is like snow - the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind.’’ Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quite the philosopher, poet and regarded amongst the greats of this age

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge Nouf Hassani Mrs Timm 12 G January 28, 2013

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  1. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeNouf HassaniMrs Timm12 GJanuary 28, 2013

  2. Introduction • ‘’Advice is like snow - the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind.’’ • Samuel Taylor Coleridge • Quite the philosopher, poet and regarded amongst the greats of this age • Controversial

  3. Early Years • Born on 21 October 1772 in the country town of Devonshire, England. • His parents were Reverend John Coleridge and Anne Bowden. • Attended Christ's Hospital (a charity school in London) in 1781 when he was 8 years old.  • He loved to read as a child.

  4. Education • Coleridge attended Jesus College, Cambridge from 1791 until 1794. • He left college in 1793 and joined the Royal Dragons. • Suffered from sever depression which resulted in him leaving the army and going back to college. • He never graduated

  5. Career • started writing poems while he was attending university, his writing examined him to enter in various competitions. • won a gold medal for something he wrote about slave trade, one of many awards he applied for with his work •  His work evolved from “dreamy” to “romantic” •  His work has created impact as he was seen as the most influence literary theorist 

  6. Marriage • He hesitantly married Sara Fricker in 1795 • his son Hartley was born the following year in 1796. • His Pantisocracy experiment failed due to conventional family obligations • His marriage soon after proved to be a failure • Separated from his wife • Upon his return to England in 1799, Coleridge fell in love with Sara Hutchinson

  7. Troubled Years, Depression Falling out of his marriage; 1799 Domestic struggle within his household Increased dependence on opium Personal reappraisal Dark grievances, self-pity and unhappiness reminisced within his works

  8. Death • Considered by the contemporaries • Further opium-addiction and dependence • Remained in high-gate for the rest of his life • Died in Highgate, London 1834

  9. Bibliography • "Samuel Taylor Coleridge". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online.Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2014. Web. 5 Feb. 2014 • ‘’Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Biographia Literaria’’. http://www.english.upenn.edu/~mgamer/Etexts/biographia.html Web. 5 Feb. 2014 • Shmoop Editorial Team. "Samuel Taylor Coleridge Facts." Shmoop.com. Shmoop University, Inc., 11 Nov. 2008. Web. 1Mar. 2014.

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