Hartley Coleridge
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Hartley Coleridge, possibly David Hartley Coleridge, was an English poet, biographer, essayist, and teacher. He was the eldest son of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. His sister Sara Coleridge was a
Coleridge in an 1850 engraving
Hartley at the age of 10
Nab Cottage, Hartley's home in Rydal, Cumbria
Samuel Taylor Coleridge portrait
Paracosm
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A paracosm is a detailed imaginary world thought generally to originate in childhood. Their conception is spontaneous, and the creator of a paracosm has a complex and deeply felt relationship with thi
Hartley Coleridge
…a mighty river that would soon attract merchants and land developers, leading to the formation of a new island-continent. He called this imaginary paracosm Ejuxria, and laid out its geography and history with great care, explaining everything to Derwent as he went along. Derwent believed that Hartley kept…
Manuscript by Emily Brontë that contains poems about Gondal, a paracosm