'All literary texts are a product of the context in which they were written.' In light of this statement explore the two texts you have studied.

Both Oscar Wilde's 'An Ideal Husband' and Coleridge's works of poetry are arguably poignant examples of literature that has derived from the personal, historical and literary contexts of their respective authors. Whether it be the personal drug struggles of Coleridge, or the pressures of Victorian England for Wilde, Romanticism or Aestheticism, their literature is undoubtedly inspired by the world that surrounded them. Both Psychoanalytic and Marxist examinations of these texts will reveal just how closely correlated the context and content truly are, alluding to a reading that suggests that these texts really are products of their context.  

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