ENGL 3251H Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Gust Co. Ltd., Biographia Literaria, Lyrical Ballads
25 Oct 2015
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Revolutionary poetics: natural supernaturalism as the end of mimetic ( mirror ) Introduction: romantic literary theory being the founding for modern literary theory, both coleridge and wordsworth. Always writing about themselves and their own lives. Complimented each other: coleridge more philosophy, coleridge becoming addicted to laudanum (pain killer) lost all his will and motivation. I always thought books should belong to the people who understand them . Coleridge: coleridge representing too much empathy/sympathy, hearing wordsworth voice in coleridge"s work. [type text: speaking of wordsworth and coleridge, misread rousseau and the savage man, sympathizing with poor people because you are in a place over them. Incredibly revolutionary at the time: editors giving useful titles, principle object/subject matter common, rural life (close to nature), naturalism (colouring of the mind) Object/reality: supernaturalism of imagination (above the natural or realistic) The manner in which we associate ideas in a state of excitement (world out there is kind of getting smaller)
