poet， poems and the art of poetry in samuel taylor coleridge’s biographia literaria

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1、Poet，PoemsandtheartofPoetryinSamuelTaylorColeridge’sBiographiaLiteraria　　【Abstract】SamuelTaylorColeridge’scontributiontothecannonofliteratureliesnotonlyinhisimagination-galorepoemslikeTheRimeoftheAncientMarinerandKublaKhan，butmoreinhispivotalproseworkaboutliterarytheoriesandprinciplesofcriticis

2、m---theBiographiaLiteraria.Inthiscanonicalwork，heexpoundsaprofoundandunprecedentedtheoryaboutthedefinitionofpoetry，theparamountfacultyforanypoet---imagination，andtheunityofthepartandthewhole.　　【Keywords】BiographiaLiteraria；SamuelTaylorColeridge；Unity　　SamuelTaylorColeridge，therepresentativeandk

3、eyfigureofthe19thcenturyRomanticMovementinGreatBritain，hascontributedalottoelevateandenshrinepoetryasahigherformofliterature.Histheoryaboutthedefinitionofpoetryisprofoundandmoreorlessbecomethelegitimatedefinitionwhoseinfluencecanbeseeninmanylatercritics，likeI.A.RichardsandT.S.Eliot.　　Anymanofle

4、ttersiscursedbyPlatoandhastostandoutandjustifythemselves.S.T.Coleridgejustifieshimselfbyclaimingthat“theheartshouldhavefeduponthetruth，asinsectsonaleaf，tillitbetingedwiththecolor，andshowitsfoodinevery…minutestfiber”.Ratherthanadmittingthatpoetryare“thriceremovedfromtruth”，Coleridgearguesthatpoe

5、trydealswithamuchwiderspectrumthannature.For“images，howeverbeautiful，thoughfaithfullycopiedfromnature，andasaccuratelyrepresentedinwords，donotofthemselvescharacterizethepoet.Theybecomeproofsoforiginalgeniusonlyasfarastheyaremodifiedbyapredominantpassion；orbyassociatedthoughtsorimagesawakenedbyth

6、atpassion”，theunderlyingmeaninghereisthemagicpowerofthepoettoweavesuchadelicatenetofingenuity，inwhichthenatureisrepresented，thetruthexposedbyasymbolchosenandtheunitybetweenformandcontentperfectedbythesophisticationofcraftsmanshipofthepoet.　　ThereisnogainsayingthatColeridgeisamangiventoformandex

7、ternalbeauty.HeisinfluencedbyAristotleandalignshimselfwithHoracetoadvocateforthe“sweetanduseful”partofpoetry.Aristotleclaimedthat“probableimpossibilitiesaretobepreferredtoimprobablepossibilities”and“aconvincingimpossibilityisprefe