This document contains information about an MA student named Solanki Alpa H. studying at M.K.Bhavnagar University. It discusses Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 1815-17 work Biographia Literaria, which contains his critical views on the nature and function of poetry. The document also provides details about Coleridge, including that he was born in 1772 in England and was a poet, literary critic, and philosopher known for works like The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan.

1. M.K.Bhavnagar University
 Name : Solanki Alpa H.
 Class : M.A.Part-1(sem-1)
 Roll No : 36
 Year : 2015-16
 Paper no : 3(LiteraryTheory & Criticism)
 Topic : Biographia Literaria Coleridge
 Email Id : alpasolanki176@gmail.com
 Submitted : Department of English

2. Introduction
 The Coleridge (1815-17) a critical work is
contained in Biographia Literaria .
 Critical disquisition ,Coleridge concern
 Coleridge the philosopher come to the center
stage .
 Coleridge ‘s view
 Nature and function of poetry.
 The poet within Coleridge discuss the
different between poetry and prose .

3. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-
1834)
 Coleridge was born on
21 October 1772 .
 Ottery St. Mary Devon
, England
 Highgate , England
Occuption poet , literary
critic , philosopher ….
 Movement Romanticism
 Notable works
1. The Rime of Ancient
Mariner
2. Kublakhan

4. Biographia Literaria Coleridge
• 24 chapters of Biographia Literaria “ every
work of art is ,by its very nature ,an organic
whole “
• Coleridge defination of ‘poem’

5. Two Cardinal Points of
Poetry
1) The power of exciting the sympathy of the
reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of
nature
2) The power of giving the interest of novelty
by modifying with the colours of
imagination

6.  “Poetry of the highest kind may exist without
and even without the contradistinguishing
objects of a poem “.
 He gives example of the writings
 Plato
 JeremyTaylor
 Bible
 For it is a distinction resulting from the poetic
genius itself, which sustains and modifies the
images, thoughts, and emotions of the poet’s

7. Subject Matter
 The most important characteristic of his
literary text , he used supernatural elements
,visionary elements in his poems .
 Supernatural elements , extraordinary and
mysterious that can be found in human
nature .
 Nature is not the only subject matter ,he also
talk about psychology of character .

8.  Purpose of Poetry
 The purpose of poetry is to give pleasure and
this pleasure is from whole part from each
companent part .
 If you read a novel , you take pleasure from
the whole part .
 If you read a poem ,you take pleasure from
the each part .