‘forms of human pow’r’: Coleridge's political poetics 1794-1802

Thesis

This thesis examines how Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s choices of poetic subject, language, and form interacted with his political ideas. The poetry which Coleridge cited, to which he alluded, and to which he responded indicates his shifting political attitudes, and his place within contemporary debates.

Coleridge’s early verse responds to a Whig verse tradition, especially to Mark Akenside’s poetry. Coleridge adapts Akenside’s poetics to more radical ends. Additionally, Coleridge incor...

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Authors: Lloyd, J

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Subjects: English literature; Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834; Romanticism; English poetry