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    KUBLA KHAN: A VISION IN A DREAM & CHRISTABEL
    KUBLA KHAN: A VISION IN A DREAM & CHRISTABEL
    KUBLA KHAN: A VISION IN A DREAM & CHRISTABEL
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    KUBLA KHAN: A VISION IN A DREAM & CHRISTABEL

    By Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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    Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 'Kubla Khan: A Vision in a Dream & Christabel' presents readers with a unique combination of two of the author's most famous works. 'Kubla Khan' is a visionary poem that explores the power of the imagination and the mysterious realms of the subconscious. It is known for its hauntingly beautiful imagery and dream-like quality, making it a seminal work in the Romantic tradition. 'Christabel' is a gothic narrative poem that delves into themes of the supernatural and the unknown, showcasing Coleridge's mastery of suspense and intrigue. Together, these two works exemplify Coleridge's innovative approach to poetry and his ability to transport readers to otherworldly realms through his vivid language and evocative storytelling.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMusaicum Books
    Release dateAug 7, 2017
    ISBN9788027202461
    KUBLA KHAN: A VISION IN A DREAM & CHRISTABEL
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    Samuel Taylor Coleridge

    Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), English lyrical poet, critic, and philosopher, whose Lyrical Ballads (1798), written with William Wordsworth, started the English Romantic movement. He was born in Ottery St Mary where his father was the vicar, and he was at school with Charles Lamb and Leigh Hunt, and spent two years at Jesus College, Cambridge. He is best known for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, but his critical work, especially on Shakespeare was highly influential, and he helped introduce German idealist philosophy to English-speaking culture. He also suffered from poor physical health that may have stemmed from a bout of rheumatic fever and other childhood illnesses. He was treated for these concerns with laudanum, which fostered a lifelong opium addiction.

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      KUBLA KHAN - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

      Christabel

      Table of Contents

      Preface

      Part I

      The Conclusion to Part I

      Part II

      Conclusion to Part II

      Preface

      Table of Contents

      The first part of the following poem was written in the year 1797, at Stowey, in the county of Somerset. The second part after my return from Germany, in the year 1800, at Keswick, Cumberland. It is probable that if the poem had been finished at either of the former periods, or if even the first and second part had been published in the year 1800, the impression of its originality would have been much greater than I dare at present expect. But for this, I have only my own indolence to blame. The dates are mentioned for the exclusive purpose of precluding charges of plagiarism or servile imitation from myself. For there is amongst us a set of critics, who seem to hold, that every possible thought and image is traditional; who have no notion that there are such things as fountains in the world, small as well as great and who would therefore charitably derive every rill they behold flowing, from a perforation made in some other man’s tank. I am confident however, that as far as the present poem is concerned, the celebrated poets whose writings I might be suspected of having imitated, either in particular passages, or in the tone and the spirit of the whole, would be among the first to vindicate me from the charge, and who, on any striking coincidence, would permit me to address them in this doggerel version of two monkish Latin hexameters.

      Yes mine and it is likewise yours;

      But an

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