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Christabel and the Origin of Evil

Christabel and the Origin of Evil by William A. Ulmer N  a  1796  notebook  entry, Samuel  TaylorColeridge   en   visioned  writ- ing  “The  Origin  of  Evil,  an  Epic  Poem”  and  at  some  point  enthusi-  I astically discussed     the  project with  CharlesLamb   ,  who  reminded  him  in  1797  “thatwh   en  in  town  you  were  talkingof     the  Origin of Evil as  a  most  prolific  subject  for  a  Long  Poem.”   George  Whalleyf   amously  speculatedtha   tColeridge   never     wrote this poem  “because  as  time  went  on  he  came  to  realizetha   th   e  had  alreadyembodied     his  epic  theme  in  The Ancient Mariner,”  and  Peter  Kitson  has  suggested  similarly  that  “perhaps  this  projectb   ecame  ‘Religious  Musings.’”   My  alternate su   g- gestion  is  thatC   hristabel  embodies  Coleridge’s long-consideredpoem     on  the  origin  of  evil.  My  relatedsu   ggestion  is  thatth   e  text’s  rumina- Coleridge’sen   tryis     number  161  f21[c]  from  vol.1     of  The Notebooks of Samuel Taylor Cole- ridge, ed. Kathleen Coburn, M.  Christensen, and A. J. Harding, 5 vols. (Princeton: Prince - ton UniversityPress   ,  1957–2002),  hereaftera   bbreviated CN;  for  Lamb’s  reminiscence, see  The Letters of Charles and Mary Anne Lamb,  ed.  Edwin  W.  Marrs,Jr.,     3  vols.  (Ithaca:Cor   - nellU http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Studies in Philology University of North Carolina Press

Christabel and the Origin of Evil

Studies in Philology , Volume 104 (3) – Jul 30, 2007

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Copyright © 2007 The University of North Carolina Press.
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Abstract

by William A. Ulmer N  a  1796  notebook  entry, Samuel  TaylorColeridge   en   visioned  writ- ing  “The  Origin  of  Evil,  an  Epic  Poem”  and  at  some  point  enthusi-  I astically discussed     the  project with  CharlesLamb   ,  who  reminded  him  in  1797  “thatwh   en  in  town  you  were  talkingof     the  Origin of Evil as  a  most  prolific  subject  for  a  Long  Poem.”   George  Whalleyf   amously  speculatedtha   tColeridge   never     wrote this poem  “because  as  time  went  on  he  came  to  realizetha   th   e  had  alreadyembodied     his  epic  theme  in  The Ancient Mariner,”  and  Peter  Kitson  has  suggested  similarly  that  “perhaps  this  projectb   ecame  ‘Religious  Musings.’”   My  alternate su   g- gestion  is  thatC   hristabel  embodies  Coleridge’s long-consideredpoem     on  the  origin  of  evil.  My  relatedsu   ggestion  is  thatth   e  text’s  rumina- Coleridge’sen   tryis     number  161  f21[c]  from  vol.1     of  The Notebooks of Samuel Taylor Cole- ridge, ed. Kathleen Coburn, M.  Christensen, and A. J. Harding, 5 vols. (Princeton: Prince - ton UniversityPress   ,  1957–2002),  hereaftera   bbreviated CN;  for  Lamb’s  reminiscence, see  The Letters of Charles and Mary Anne Lamb,  ed.  Edwin  W.  Marrs,Jr.,     3  vols.  (Ithaca:Cor   - nellU

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Studies in PhilologyUniversity of North Carolina Press

Published: Jul 30, 2007

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