Body and soul in Coleridge's notebooks, 1827-1834
Subtitle: 'what is life?'
By: Suzanne E. Webster
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Basingstoke, England; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780230545229
Description: "Through an examination of his later personal notebooks, this study explores the reciprocal effects that Samuel Taylor Coleridge's scientific explorations, philosophical convictions, theological beliefs, and states of health exerted upon his perceptions of human Body/Soul relations, both in life and after death"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Coleridge in limbo: competing views on body and soul: What is life? Coleridge, Greek philosophy, and the body/soul relationship. The traditional hebraic human: Coleridge's negative response. Life and mind: adapting dualistic inclinations; title: 2. Indecisive reflections: body, soul, and Pauline theology: Coleridge and St. Paul. The Pauline body: Romans 7.24. The Pauline flesh; title: 3. The crux of the dilemma: the Incarnation, humanity, and 'obnoxious body' of Christ: Human nature and the Son of God. Christ the Redeemer: His 'likeness' to earthly men. Parallel concepts of Jesus' body and soul in historical context. 'Obnoxious' implications: Coleridge and Irving on Christ's human nature. Fearful prospects: the consequences of uncertainty; title: 4. Resurrection: the role of the 'natural body': Our 'future state'. The (post-mortem) spiritual body. The natural body: future roles? The continued presence of the natural body: implications for 'soul' and the 'spiritual man'; title: Conclusions.