Tragic Coleridge

Cycles of catastrophe and catharsis are central to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's works, reflecting his belief that life's hardships contribute to humanity's purification. The author presents fresh interpretations of both well-known and overlooked poems, plays, and critical writings, exploring Coleridge's tragic vision alongside his Romantic peers and notable tragic theorists such as Aristotle and Steiner. This analysis reveals the depth of Coleridge's engagement with themes of tragedy and redemption throughout his literary career.