“That passage is what I call the sublime dashed to pieces by cutting too close with the fiery four-in-hand round the corner of nonsense.”
Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, critic, and philosopher, renowned for his works such as 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and 'Kubla Khan'. A leading figure in the Romantic movement, his work has had a significant impact on English literature. more
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Source: Letters
Source: Coleridge's Criticism of Shakespeare
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“The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess.”
Source: The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Poetry, Plays, Literary Essays, Lectures, Autobiography and Letters (Classic Illustrated Edition): The Entire Opus of the English poet, literary critic and philosopher, including The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan, Christabel, Lyrical Ballads, Conversation Poems and Biographia Literaria
“More solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as Ballads and Libels.”
Source: Seldeniana: with a biographical preface