Whereas many think of "Christabel- as a sexually gothic obscenity of lesbians, it is evident that the entire story is a metaphor of Jesus Christ's relationship with the Heavenly Father and their battle against Satan and his crude temptations and disguises. ... According to Marquery Durham, Coleridge did respond to their bad reviews with "I saw an old book in Coleorton in which the Paradise Lost was described as an obscene poem' so I am in good company."" ... Asleep, and dreaming fearfully, Fearfully dreaming, yet, I wis, Dreaming that alone, which is "O sorrow and shame!... Col...

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