The Active Universe
Pantheism and the Concept of Imagination in the English Romantic Poets
1st Edition
Published on 13. January 2014
243 pages
978-1-4725-0561-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book is a study of 'Romantic Pantheism' and its part in the development of the Romantic theory of the Imagination. The crucial point in the history of English Romanticism came when the philosophical concept of the 'active universe' met the developing theory of the Imagination. In its leading sense, Imagination meant full response to, and implication with, the living qualities of natural objects. That is why it was able to assimilate and transform contemporary theories of merely passing interest into an important poetic approach to the universe.
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-0561-3 (9781472505613)
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The Active Universe
Pantheism and the Concept of Imagination in the English Romantic Poets
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Content
1 Introduction
2 Coleridge: the Unitarian Poet 1794-6
3 Wordsworth and the Religion of Nature 1794-6
4 Nature and Imagination in The Ancient Mariner
5 Nature and Imagination in The Ruined Cottage
6 Imagination and Fancy
7 The Influence of The Excursion: Spirit and Form
8 The Influence of The Excursion: The 'Stream of Tendency'
Epilogue: The Imagination from a Non-Romantic Viewpoint
Appendix A: Coleridge's views on Evolution in 1795
Appendix B: Hyperion and The Excursion
Bibliography
Index
2 Coleridge: the Unitarian Poet 1794-6
3 Wordsworth and the Religion of Nature 1794-6
4 Nature and Imagination in The Ancient Mariner
5 Nature and Imagination in The Ruined Cottage
6 Imagination and Fancy
7 The Influence of The Excursion: Spirit and Form
8 The Influence of The Excursion: The 'Stream of Tendency'
Epilogue: The Imagination from a Non-Romantic Viewpoint
Appendix A: Coleridge's views on Evolution in 1795
Appendix B: Hyperion and The Excursion
Bibliography
Index
