What did Coleridge lecture on and why
Radicalism - dreams golden age democracy / justice ruined terror in France
Lyrical ballads
Wrote with Wordsworth - seen romantic movements true inception.
Nature, pastoral / enlighten common man
What about Coleridges life may have effected his choice of words in ‘The Ancient Marriner’
Father was a well-respected vicar
Slave trade act
1807 - romantics & every man is equal
Captain James cook
Sailed around world twice (died 1779) - maybe Coleridge exploring sea/ link Marriner
Christianity
Been suggested albatross represents values ethics/ salvation - links religion / Christianity