Andrew Klavan — Beauty, Truth, and Reading the Gospels
Pastor Writer: Conversations on Reading, Writing, and the Christian Life
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The Last Man Who Knew Everything
Coleridge was a terribly troubled man But also the most brilliant man of his generation I call him the last man who knew everything. And it's amazing how he in his trouble somehow touched each and every one of these writers and changed their lives He turned Wordsworth into a poet He inspired Keats at the moment when Keats was frozen and couldn't find his way through grief To create the great poetry that he would create in his short life Mary Shelley is one of the writers I deal with not a poet but the author of Frankenstein Which I think is a very profound book about gender roles Great chapter in the book as well One of my favorite chapters in the book, says Coleridge.
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