The document discusses Coleridge's use of the supernatural in his poems, specifically in "Kubla Khan". It notes that Coleridge blends the natural and supernatural in a way that does not seem weird or uncanny, but creates a world where strange things can happen in a mischievous way, suspending disbelief. Unlike Gothic romances of the time, Coleridge handles the supernatural in a refined, subjective, and psychic way aligned with subjective experience. The document also states that for Coleridge, the supernatural symbolizes the mystery of life and it is what is distant that produces a sense of wonder and mystery.

1. The Use of Supernatural in ‘Kubla Khan’ “There is a peculiar ambivalence in Kubla Khan allowing the widest divergences of critical interpretation,” says T.S. Eliot. Prepared by: Maulik B. Bhatt, M. A. Part – I, Sem. – II, Dept. of English, Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar. 7th of March, 2011.

3. Characteristics of Supernatural in his Poems:i. Supernatural in his poems – given the air of natural – combines the natural and supernatural The effect of this skillful blending – not weird or uncanny – but a world in which strange things may happen in mischievous manner – brings about the suspension of disbelief Unlike the Gothic Romances of the 18thcentury – Refined (refinement in the treatment of supernatural incidents and characters), Subjective and Psychic handling of supernatural in line with subjective experience Coleridge himself, in the 1816 Preface to the prescribed poem, terms it “a psychological curiosity.”

5. Acknowledgement… My sincere thanks to Dilip Sir, Devarshi Sir, Ruchira Mam and Jay Sir for giving us the opportunity every now and then to speak in the class which has prepared us for our presentation. My special thanks to Jay Sir for I could never understand this poem in my UG days and he COULD CON VINCE ME.