Original sentence: William Wordsworth, Coleridge's friend, would also discuss Burke's genius years later in the Prelude Book 7
Edited sentence: "A natural delineation of human passions": The Historical Moment of Lyrical Ballads."To Priestley was first published in the 11 December 1794 Morning Chronicle.After a mob burned Priestley's Birmingham house during the summer of 1791, he left England for America.Aldershot: Ashgate, 2008.Americans in British literature, 1770-1832.Amsterdam, Rodopi, 2004.Barfoot, Cedric.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981.Coleridge was in correspondence with Priestley at the time in order to discuss Coleridge and Robert Southey's idea of Pantisocracy.Coleridge's views on Priestley appear in many of his works, including Religious Musings written at the end of 1794.Flynn, Christopher.In general, Coleridge viewed Priestley as both a spiritual and intellectual leader, and Coleridge's political life was to spread Priestley's views after Priestley left for America.Levere, Trevor.Like many of the sonnets, "To Priestley" was dedicated to an individual that Coleridge viewed as one of his heroes.Poetry Realized in Nature.The imagery within the poem is a reversal of those within "To Burke" with an emphasis on Priestley being a defender of freedom and without flaws.The mob was motivated by Priestley's support of the French Revolution.William Wordsworth, Coleridge's friend, would also discuss Burke's genius years later in The Prelude Book 7