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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Biographia Literaria

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1817

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Essay Topics

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“Poetry is a more credible source of truth than science.” Discuss this quote with reference to Coleridge’s Biographia Literaria.

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How did Coleridge develop Kant’s philosophical ideas in Biographia Literaria?

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Discuss Transcendentalist poetry in relation to Coleridge’s literary theory, as presented in Biographia Literaria.