Tragic Coleridge

Murray contends that cycles of catastrophe and catharsis are everywhere in the works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who viewed the hardships of his lifetime, like the catastrophes of Greek tragedy, as stages in a process of humanity's purification. Offering new readings of canonical poems, as well as neglected plays and critical works, Murray elaborat

List of contents

Contents: Introduction: Romantic tragedy and tragic Romanticism; Coleridge’s tragic influences; Hamartia and suffering in the poetical works; The catastrophes of real life; The tragic ’impulse’: fragments and Coleridge’s forms of incompletion; The Lear vocation: Coleridge and Romantic theatre; The tragic sage; Failed sacrifices and the un-tragic Coleridge: Conclusion: ’The sage, the poet, lives for all mankind’, Bibliography, Index.

About the author

Chris Murray is an IAS Junior Research Fellow in the Department of English Studies at Durham University. His research centres on Romanticism, and explores the dialogues British Romantic authors create with Classical literature, Irish studies, and Orientalism.

Summary

Murray contends that cycles of catastrophe and catharsis are everywhere in the works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who viewed the hardships of his lifetime, like the catastrophes of Greek tragedy, as stages in a process of humanity’s purification. Offering new readings of canonical poems, as well as neglected plays and critical works, Murray elaborat

Product details

• Authors: Chris Murray
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032928012
• ISBN: 978-1-032-92801-2
• No. of pages: 194
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: poetry and poets