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Samuel Taylor Coleridge (21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher who consumed opium to address his health issues. His use of opium in his home country of England, as well as Sicily and Malta, is extensively documented.
Oct 21, 2023 · Coleridge was a notorious opium addict and his famous poems Kubla Khan and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner were largely written while under its influence. The extraordinary imagery of his opium-laden imagination is inimitable and has enhanced the English language.
Jan 1, 2015 · In her beautifully written and widely read biography, Samuel Taylor Coleridge: the Bondage of Opium(1974) the late Molly Lefebure suggested that all of Coleridge's statements about opium could be dismissed as the lies of a “junkie” (pp. 13–14).
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Although during the year I803 Coleridge mentions several times that he was not taking opium, his letters show that there was no abandonment but merely fitful abstinence; and it was certainly sev-eral years before he recognized the deleterious effects of opium or viewed his habit with moral disapprobation. On September 2, I803,
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- Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Opium
May 6, 2015 · Before the Pharmacy Act of 1868, which restricted the sale of ‘dangerous’ substances to pharmacies only, opium was widely available from a number of commercial outlets, including barbers, confectioners, stationers, tobacconists and wine merchants. Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge took opium regularly until his death in 1834.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a bondage of opium. by. Lefebure, Molly. Publication date. 1977. Topics. Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834, Coleridge, Samuel Taylor -- Criticism and interpretation, Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography, Poets, English, Poetry in English Coleridge, Samuel Taylor - Biographies. Publisher.
In this chapter, I explore the career of one of the most famous writers of the Romantic era, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) who had the misfortune to live through this therapeutic revolution. I describe the circumstances under which he came to take opiates and the development of his opinions about their effect on him.
