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Coleridge and the nature of imagination evolution, engagement with the world, and poetry /

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...

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Main Authors: Ward, David.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, > 1772-1834.
Imagination (Philosophy)
Literary studies: poetry & poets > English.
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 > English.
Literature.
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137362629
Summary: 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.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137362612.
Carrier Form: 280 p. : 2 b&w, ill.
ISBN: 9781137362629 :
1137362626 :
CLC: I561.072
Contents: Preface 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 Bibliography Index.

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