Question

The historical figure informing Coleridge's “Kubla Khan, or, a Vision in a Dream. A Fragment” is __________________.

Kubla Khan
Porlock
Kublai Khan
Genghis Khan

Answer 1

The historical figure informing Coleridge's “Kubla Khan, or, a Vision in a Dream. A Fragment” is Kublai Khan. Option C is correct.

Kublai Khan was the fifth Khagan (Great Khan) of the Mongol Empire whose reign protracted from 1260 to 1294 (although due to the division of the empire this was a nominal position). He also founded the Yuan dynasty in China as a conquest dynasty in 1271, and served as the first Yuan emperor until his death in 1294.

"Kubla Khan; or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment" is a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Answer 2

Answer: Kublai Khan

"Kubla Khan; or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment" is a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. In this poem, the author describes Xanadu, the summer palace of Kublai Khan. Kublai Khan was a Mongol ruler and Emperor of China from 1260 to 1294. Although not popular when published, the poem is now one of the most famous poems in the English language.