28-588: Christabel may refer to: Christabel (poem) , a lengthy poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Christabel (film) , a 2001 experimental feature by James Fotopoulos based on the poem Christabel , a 1998 lesbian Gothic romance novel by Karin Kallmaker inspired by the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem Christabel (TV series) , a 1988 British drama by Dennis Potter, about an English woman married to
56-414: A "Conclusion". The poem is, nevertheless, considered unfinished. He later noted that he was distracted by too many possible endings. He wrote, "I should have more nearly realized my ideal [had they been finished], than I would have done in my first attempt." The poem remained unpublished for several years. On his birthday in 1803, he wrote in his notebook that he intended "to finish Christabel" before
84-1098: A German lawyer in Nazi Germany Christabel LaMotte , a character in the novel Possession: A Romance 2695 Christabel (1979 UE), a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1979 Lake Christabel , a small lake of New Zealand USS Christabel (SP-162) , a United States Navy patrol vessel of World War I People [ edit ] Pseudonym [ edit ] Christine Elizabeth Abrahamsen (1916–1995), American science fiction and gothic novelist Mary Downing (c. 1815–1881), Irish poet Given name [ edit ] Christabel Baxendale (1886–1953), English violinist and composer Christabel Bielenberg (1909–2003), Anglo-Irish-German non-fiction writer Christabel Chamarette (born 1948), Greens Western Australia Senator for Western Australia Christabel Cockerell (1860–1903), British artist, wife of Sir George Frampton Christabel Rose Coleridge (1843–1921), English novelist Christabel Marshall (1871–1960), British campaigner for women's suffrage,
112-645: A central female character of the same name and her encounter with a stranger called Geraldine, who claims to have been abducted from her home by a band of rough men. Christabel goes into the woods to pray by the large oak tree, where she hears a strange noise. Upon looking behind the tree, she finds Geraldine who says that she had been abducted from her home by men on horseback. Christabel pities her and takes her home with her. However, supernatural signs (a dog angrily moaning despite being asleep, fading flames on torches suddenly reigniting, Geraldine being unable to cross an iron gate, denial of prayer) seem to indicate that all
140-427: A playwright and author Christabel Pankhurst (1880–1958), British suffragette Christabel Elizabeth Robinson MBE (1898–1988), New Zealand teacher, vocational guidance and community worker Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Christabel . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
168-425: Is a long narrative ballad by Samuel Taylor Coleridge , in two parts. The first part was reputedly written in 1797, and the second in 1800. Coleridge planned three additional parts, but these were never completed. Coleridge prepared for the first two parts to be published in the 1800 edition of Lyrical Ballads , his collection of poems with William Wordsworth , but left it out on Wordsworth's advice. The exclusion of
196-528: Is an homage or adaptation of Christabel . Le Fanu's antagonist Carmilla has certain similarities with Christabel' s Geraldine; for instance, she cannot cross the threshold of a house, and seems to be stronger at night. Likewise, the heroines of the two works are similar, both Christabel and Laura are the children of deceased mothers currently in the charge of their widowed fathers. Geraldine's presence gives Christabel similar symptoms as Carmilla's does to Laura; both heroines experience troubled sleep and weakness in
224-441: Is not well. They spend the night together, but while Geraldine undresses, she shows a terrible but undefined mark: "Behold! her bosom and half her side— / A sight to dream of, not to tell! / And she is to sleep by Christabel" (246–48). Christabel's father, Sir Leoline, becomes enthralled with Geraldine and orders a grand procession to announce her rescue. He ignores the weak objections of his daughter, who, although under enchantment,
252-463: Is starting to realize the enormity of Geraldine's malign nature. The unfinished poem ends here. (Note: Geraldine and Leoline's names are pronounced to rhyme with "recline.") It is unclear when Coleridge began writing the poem which would become Christabel . Presumably, he prepared it beginning in 1797. During this time, he had been working on several poems for Lyrical Ballads , a book on which he collaborated with William Wordsworth . Christabel
280-403: The 1798 edition, Wordsworth explained his poetical concept: The majority of the following poems are to be considered as experiments. They were written chiefly with a view to ascertain how far the language of conversation in the middle and lower classes of society is adapted to the purpose of poetic pleasure. If the experiment with vernacular language was not enough of a departure from the norm,
308-474: The 1800 edition Wordsworth added the poems that make up Volume II. The poem The Convict (Wordsworth) was in the 1798 edition, but Wordsworth omitted it from the 1800 edition, replacing it with Coleridge's "Love". Lewti or the Circassian Love-chaunt (Coleridge) exists in some 1798 editions in place of The Convict . In the 1798 edition the poems later printed as "Lines Written When Sailing in
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#1732791808580336-628: The English Romantic movement in literature. The immediate effect on critics was modest, but it became and remains a landmark, changing the course of English literature and poetry . The 1800 edition is famous for the Preface to the Lyrical Ballads , something that has come to be known as the manifesto of Romanticism. Most of the poems in the 1798 edition were written by Wordsworth, with Coleridge contributing only four poems to
364-416: The antecedent features that that necessitates: external beauty, a revelatory bodily mark, and a physical encounter (with the victims) that leaves them incapacitated. Percy Shelley , a friend of Coleridge's, after reading the poem, purportedly had nightmares and was obsessed with the poem; Epipsychidion, one of his later works, is partially inspired by it. Byron was similarly taken by the poem, and especially
392-483: The collection (although these made about a third of the book in length), including one of his most famous works, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner . A second edition was published in 1800, in which Wordsworth included additional poems and a preface detailing the pair's avowed poetical principles. For another edition, published in 1802, Wordsworth added an appendix titled Poetic Diction in which he expanded
420-419: The consistency of the poem – most apparent from the structural formality and rhythmic rigidity (four accentual beats to every line), when regarded alongside the unyielding mysticism of the account – creates the greatest juxtaposition in the poem. The transgressive plot of Christabel revolves around the relationship, implicitly sexual, of Geraldine and Christabel. Geraldine takes on a proto-vampiric role, with all
448-524: The end of the year, though he would not meet his goal. The poem was first published in the collection of three poems: Christabel; Kubla Khan: A Vision; The Pains of Sleep , by the John Murray Press on 25 May 1816. Thematically the poem is one of Coleridge's most cohesive constructs, with the narrative plot more explicit than previous works such as the fragmented Kubla Khan which tend to transcend traditional composure. Indeed, in many respects
476-413: The focus on simple, uneducated country people as the subject of poetry was a signal shift to modern literature. One of the main themes of "Lyrical Ballads" is the return to the original state of nature, in which people led a purer and more innocent existence. Wordsworth subscribed to Rousseau 's belief that humanity was essentially good but was corrupted by the influence of society. This may be linked with
504-451: The ideas set forth in the preface. A third edition was published in 1802, with substantial additions made to its "Preface," and a fourth edition was published in 1805. Wordsworth and Coleridge set out to overturn what they considered the priggish, learned, and highly sculpted forms of 18th-century English poetry and to make poetry accessible to the average person via verse written in common, everyday language. These two major poets emphasise
532-469: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christabel&oldid=1244124311 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists English feminine given names Feminine given names Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Christabel (poem) Christabel
560-497: The morning after spending the night with their guest. Julia Margaret Cameron 's photograph Christabel is named after the poem and depicts the titular character. In 2002, US experimental filmmaker James Fotopoulos released a feature-length avant-garde cinematic adaptation of Christabel . The poem is the inspiration for the song "Christabel", by Texan singer and songwriter Robert Earl Keen , which appeared on his 1984 album No Kinda Dancer . Christabel also influenced
588-472: The poem, coupled with his inability to finish it, left Coleridge in doubt about his poetical power. It was published in a pamphlet in 1816, alongside Kubla Khan and The Pains of Sleep . Coleridge wrote Christabel using an accentual metrical system , based on the count of only accents : even though the number of syllables in each line can vary from four to twelve, the number of accents per line rarely deviates from four. The story of Christabel concerns
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#1732791808580616-404: The relationship between the women, and wrote to Coleridge (on 18 October 1815): the description of the hall, the lamp suspended from the image, and more particularly of the girl herself as she went forth in the evening – all took a hold on my imagination which I never shall wish to shake off. Christabel, with its female-centric slant, became a symbol of female emancipation. Emmeline Pankhurst ,
644-402: The renowned feminist and suffragette, named her daughter, Christabel Pankhurst after the eponymous character. L'Etre Double by Renée Vivien , which is a work about a lesbian relationship, is heavily inspired by Christabel. Christabel was an influence on Edgar Allan Poe , particularly his poem " The Sleeper " (1831). It has been argued that Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 's 1872 novel Carmilla
672-473: The sentiments spreading through Europe just prior to the French Revolution. Poems marked "(Coleridge)" were written by Coleridge; all the other poems were written by Wordsworth. In the first edition (1798) there were nineteen poems written by Wordsworth and four poems by Coleridge. Poems marked "(Coleridge)" were written by Coleridge; all the other poems were written by Wordsworth. For
700-536: The song " Beauty of the Beast " from Nightwish 's album Century Child (2002). Christabel was also an influence on The Cure , who wrote the song "A Foolish Arrangement" based on this poem. It was included on the band's 2004 compilation album Join the Dots: B-Sides and Rarities . British novelist A.S. Byatt names a fictional romantic poet Christabel in her award-winning novel Possession . A novel of
728-400: The supernatural features protagonists named Christabel and Geraldine who meet in circumstances closely paralleling the poem. The Woodland Grave (MX publishing, 2024) Lyrical Ballads Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems is a collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge , first published in 1798 and generally considered to have marked the beginning of
756-420: The vitality of the living voice used by the poor to express their reality. This language also helps assert the universality of human emotions. Even the title of the collection recalls rustic forms of art – the word "lyrical" links the poems with the ancient rustic bards and lends an air of spontaneity, while "ballads" are an oral mode of storytelling used by the common people. In the 'Advertisement' included in
784-466: Was not complete in time for the book's 1798 publication, though it did include The Rime of the Ancient Mariner . The first part of the poem was likely completed that year, however. He continued to work on Part II of the poem for the next three years and finished it at Greta Hall in Keswick , where he had moved in 1800. It was also at Keswick that he became addicted to opium . A year later, he added
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