"Earth Worm Wit Lies Under Ground": The Compositional Genesis of Coleridge's "Limbo" Constellation.

The article discusses the structure of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "Limbo." The poem is considered as an example of Coleridge's late style in a positive manner, which according to author Eric G. Wilson was not caused by the poet experiencing his last days or a smooth ripening of his primary ideas...

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Publicado en:Modern Philology Vol. 110; no. 4; pp. 513 - 536
Autor principal: Jones, Ewan James
Formato: Literary Criticism
Publicado: University of Chicago Press May2013
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Sumario:The article discusses the structure of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "Limbo." The poem is considered as an example of Coleridge's late style in a positive manner, which according to author Eric G. Wilson was not caused by the poet experiencing his last days or a smooth ripening of his primary ideas. The author says the compositional genesis of "Limbo" proves the only "Defence of Punning" that Coleridge was able to complete.