250th Anniversary of Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 2022

[Extollager]

This posting is a heads-up. STC was born 21 Oct. 1772, that is, 250 years ago next year.

1.It would be great to discuss here at Chrons his fantastic poetry* and any other aspects of his work and life and influence that Chronsters find interesting. The threads already exist (particularly the first):

Coleridge: Rime, Christabel, Kubla Khan, & More | Science Fiction & Fantasy forums (sffchronicles.com)

S. T. Coleridge, Founder of the Weird | Science Fiction & Fantasy forums (sffchronicles.com)

2.Could someone report it here at Chrons, if anybody issues a Coleridge commemorative stamp? I might miss that news otherwise.

*The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan, Christabel Parts 1 & 2; see also the prose work The Wanderings of Cain. Highly recommended: Malcolm Guite's book Mariner, a biographical and thematic study of The Rime.

The case can be made that Coleridge is a founder of

[a] mythopoeic fantasy, with the Rime
Dunsanian fantasy, with Kubla Khan
[c] the weird tale, with Christabel

 

[Vince W]

This posting is a heads-up. STC was born 21 Oct. 1772, that is, 250 years ago next year.

1.It would be great to discuss here at Chrons his fantastic poetry* and any other aspects of his work and life and influence that Chronsters find interesting. The threads already exist (particularly the first):

Coleridge: Rime, Christabel, Kubla Khan, & More | Science Fiction & Fantasy forums (sffchronicles.com)

S. T. Coleridge, Founder of the Weird | Science Fiction & Fantasy forums (sffchronicles.com)

2.Could someone report it here at Chrons, if anybody issues a Coleridge commemorative stamp? I might miss that news otherwise.

*The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan, Christabel Parts 1 & 2; see also the prose work The Wanderings of Cain. Highly recommended: Malcolm Guite's book Mariner, a biographical and thematic study of The Rime.

The case can be made that Coleridge is a founder of

[a] mythopoeic fantasy, with the Rime
Dunsanian fantasy, with Kubla Khan
[c] the weird tale, with Christabel

I would be very surprised if the Royal Mint didn't issue a coin in commemoration. Probably only 50p though. That seems to be the one they use for that sort of issue.

 

[Extollager]

I'd want to get a few of those. Coleridge is one of my favorite authors, and one I think taken for granted too often by readers of fantasy -- known of but not read.