Romantic organicism
Subtitle: from idealist origins to ambivalent afterlife
By: Charles I. Armstrong.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Houndmills [U.K.]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; English literature -- German influences.; Philosophy, German -- 18th century.; Romanticism -- Great Britain.; Ambivalence in literature.; Philosophy in literature.; Romanticism -- Germany.; Organism (Philosophy)
Description: This text reassesses the maligned and misunderstood notion of organic unity. Following organicism from its radicalization in German Idealism, it shows how Coleridge and Wordsworth developed some of their most profound ideas and poetry on its basis.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-224) and index.