Coleridge and the Nature of Imagination Evolution, Engagement with the World, and Poetry
Description
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.
Keywords
Literary CriticismEuropeanModern19th CenturyPoetrySemiotics & TheoryLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguistics
2013Book
Author(s)David Ward
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781137362612
LanguageEnglish
