چکیده (انگلیسی):

The nineteenth century occupies a remarkable place in literary history, as it was an
era in which a literary revolution took place alongside social and economic
revolutions. The early years of the French Revolution and the industrial revolution
that took place paralleled revolutions in the political order. In the 19
th
century
painful divisions were felt as the scientific, rational thought did little to satisfy the
emotional needs of the individual, while actively corroding the religious beliefs of
the individual. Poets like Coleridge rose against these increasingly rationalistic and
skeptical tendencies and served as reflectors and generators of faith. The changing
social, cultural and philosophical trends are mirrored in a very exquisite manner in
the poetry of the age. And my objective is to evaluate the changing responses of
such a thinker like Coleridge to these basic issues, as reflected in his poetic language.
For this study, I have analyzed the stylistic devices such as the figures of speech,
images and symbols employed by the poets of the nineteenth century in order to
yield significant interpretation of their work. Apart from doing a linguistic analysis,
an attempt has also been made to do a cultural analysis of a wide rubric-of the
various trends and movements of the era, which affected the philosophy, ideals and
attitudes of these poets. Such an in-depth linguistic and cultural analysis of faith and
reason in the nineteenth century is pertinent, as the same question has also been
debated in India.