Coleridge and opium
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| - | [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]] was widely known to have been a regular user of [[opium]] as a relaxant, analgesic, antidepressant, and treatment for numerous health concerns. The degree to which he experimented with the drug as a creative enhancement is not clear. Although Coleridge largely kept his addiction as hidden as possible from those close to him, it became public knowledge with the 1822 publication of ''[[Confessions of an English Opium Eater]]'' by his close friend [[Thomas de Quincey]]. The ''Confessions'' painted a rather negative picture of Coleridge and his reputation suffered accordingly. | + | [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]] was widely known to have been a regular user of [[opium]] as a [[relaxant]], [[analgesic]], [[antidepressant]], and treatment for numerous health concerns. The degree to which he experimented with the drug as a creative enhancement is not clear. Although Coleridge largely kept his addiction as hidden as possible from those close to him, it became public knowledge with the 1822 publication of ''[[Confessions of an English Opium Eater]]'' by his close friend [[Thomas de Quincey]]. The ''Confessions'' painted a rather negative picture of Coleridge and his reputation suffered accordingly. |
| Coleridge (21 October 1772–25 July 1834) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher who was, along with his friend [[William Wordsworth]], one of the founders of the [[Romanticism|Romantic Movement]] in England and one of the [[Lake Poets]]. He is probably best known for his poems ''[[The Rime of the Ancient Mariner]]'' and ''[[Kubla Khan]]'' (the latter apparently written under the drug's influence), as well as his major prose work ''[[Biographia Literaria]]''. | Coleridge (21 October 1772–25 July 1834) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher who was, along with his friend [[William Wordsworth]], one of the founders of the [[Romanticism|Romantic Movement]] in England and one of the [[Lake Poets]]. He is probably best known for his poems ''[[The Rime of the Ancient Mariner]]'' and ''[[Kubla Khan]]'' (the latter apparently written under the drug's influence), as well as his major prose work ''[[Biographia Literaria]]''. | ||
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge was widely known to have been a regular user of opium as a relaxant, analgesic, antidepressant, and treatment for numerous health concerns. The degree to which he experimented with the drug as a creative enhancement is not clear. Although Coleridge largely kept his addiction as hidden as possible from those close to him, it became public knowledge with the 1822 publication of Confessions of an English Opium Eater by his close friend Thomas de Quincey. The Confessions painted a rather negative picture of Coleridge and his reputation suffered accordingly.
Coleridge (21 October 1772–25 July 1834) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England and one of the Lake Poets. He is probably best known for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan (the latter apparently written under the drug's influence), as well as his major prose work Biographia Literaria.
