Coleridge and the Nature of Imagination [electronic resource] : Evolution, Engagement with the World, and Poetry /
Ward, D.author.
Examining a range of Coleridge's writings, this book uses recent scientific research to understand how we have evolved to make mental representations of the counterfactual, how such transformative essays in Imagination have enabled humans to survive, to prosper and to express themselves in the sciences, the arts and particularly in poetry.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Feeling, Reason, Thought and Language; 2 'Something One and Indivisible'; 3 'The Greenland Wizard'; 4 'The Whole Soul of Man'; 5 The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere; 6 Kubla Khan; 7 Christabel; 8 Conclusion: Transformation and Evolution; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Examining a range of Coleridge's writings, this book uses recent scientific research to understand how we have evolved to make mental representations of the counterfactual, how such transformative essays in Imagination have enabled humans to survive, to prosper and to express themselves in the sciences, the arts and particularly in poetry.
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834
British literature.
Literature, Modern—19th century.
Poetry.
Literature—Philosophy.
British and Irish Literature.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Poetry and Poetics.
Literary Theory.