S. T Coleridge = Unit-7, MA ENG, Sem-1, Literary Criticism and Critical Approaches- I

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In the middle of 18th century philosophy and reasoning had failed to explain the mystery of life. Stress shifted to emotions ,imaginations and feelings , this is what we call romanticism

Rise of romantic criticism was because of “Reviewers” they judged the literature on the basis of their own likes and dislikes. It was a kind of prejudice but it also leads to impressionism

Coleridge and words worth voiced against neo- classicism and laid the foundation of romantic criticism

▪ Born on 1772 and died in 1834. ▪ Main literary works are:- Biographia litereria Lectures on Shakespeare and other poets

Two types of Primaimryaigminagaitniaotnios.n Secondary imagination Primary imagination Universal. Process of receiving impressions from the external world through senses.

Secondary Rooitmofagaillnpaotieotnic activities. Makes artistic creation possible.

Differentiated the terms. CLirkeeatIamivecahpgeoimwniaecratlioCnompound in which all the added ingredients will lose their individual identities and converts into a single new.

Fanc Dyecoration Not a creative power at all. It only combines what it perceives into a beautiful shapes. It is like a mechanical compound that all the added ingredients will not lose their identity.

End of pleasure. It has its own unique pleasure. It is an activity of imagination. primary imagination. Secondary imagination. First the poet passes from a primary imagination in which he receives the impressions and then he arts a new thing in secondary imagination.

Poetry Activity of poets mind and imagination. Rhyme and Meter causes unity among poetic diction. ▪Poem Verbal expression of imagination.

Theme of The pchooeictreyof rustic characters and life. A man will not be benefitted from a life in rural solitudes, unless he has sensibility and suitable education. Rustic language Communication is effective when the vocabulary is rich, but the rustic language has poor vocabulary.

A selection of the real language. The language always varies from individual to individual. It varies according to the extent of knowledge and depth of his feelings.

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