Coleridge's Biographia Literaria is analyzed in a paper submitted for a literary theory course. The document provides biographical information on Coleridge, noting he was a poet, critic, and philosopher born in 1772 in England who was a key figure of Romanticism. It discusses Biographia Literaria, in which Coleridge defines a poem as an organic whole and describes two cardinal points of poetry as giving novelty through imagination. The document also examines Coleridge's views on Wordsworth's poetic creed and the differences between prose, poems, and poetry.

1. Topic: Coleridge’s Biographia Literaria
Name: Rabhadiya Vinod
Roll No :37
Sem :1
PAPER No.3 – Literary Theory In Criticism
Year :2013-14
Submitted To: Smt. S.B.Gardi
(M.K Bhavnagar University)

3. Born 21 October 1772
Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England
Died 25 July 1834 (aged 61)

Highgate, England Occupation
Poet, critic, philosopher ….
movement Romanticism
Notable work(s)
• The Rime of the Ancient
Mariner,
• Kublakhan

4. His Creative works

5. Biographia Literaria : Coleridge
 24 chapters of Biographia Literaria
“ every work of art is ,by its very nature ,an
organic whole “
 Coleridge definition of a ‘Poem

6. Two Cardinal Points Of Poetry
• “The power of
giving the interest
of novelty by
modifying with
the colors of
imagination “
“The power of
giving the interest
of novelty by
modifying with the
colors of
imagination “

7. Coleridge’s views towards Wordsworth
poetic creed
Difference between Prose and Poem
Difference between poem and Poetry

8. Thank you