National Poetry Month: Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Apr 05, 2011 00:10

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, like many of the Romantic poets, was a larger-than-life character.  He's well known for his opium addiction and mental health problems, but he wasn't just some crazy stoned poet.  He was an influential literary critic, a friend to Wordsworth, planner of a failed utopian movement, and more.  I can think of at least three ( Read more... )

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sylvansafekeepe April 5 2011, 14:06:38 UTC
Coleridge is awesome.

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