Towards a Romantic Conception of Nature: Coleridge's Poetry up to 1803

Towards a Romantic Conception of Nature: Coleridge's Poetry up to 1803
Author: H.R. Rookmaaker
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 226
Release: 1984-01-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9027279896

This study describes in detail the development of Coleridge’s attitude to nature as it is reflected in his poetry. It analyses the different stages of Coleridge’s search for a meaningful relation to nature from an uncritical adoption of the eighteenth century conventions in his early poetry to a projectionist view in his poems of 1802. It offers challenging new readings of some of Coleridge’s major poems like ‘The Ancient Mariner’ and ‘Dejection: an Ode’, and tries to rehabilitate some minor ones, like ‘The Picture’. Attention is also paid to his relation with Wordsworth. It discusses in detail the philosophical background of Coleridge’s views and considers the contribution of German thought to his development. As a whole this study affords a new insight into the genesis of romanticism in England.

The Literary History of England

The Literary History of England
Author: Donald F. Bond
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2003-09-02
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1134847815

English historians in the Middle Ages is an overview of the history of English historians and their works in the Middle Ages. English historians helped lay the groundwork for modern historical methodology, provided vital accounts of the early history of England, its culture, and revelations about the historians themselves.The most remarkable period of historical writting was during the High Middle Ages in the 12th and 13th centuries, when English chronicles produced works with a variety of interest, wealth of information and amplitude of range. However one might choose to view the reliability.

A Literary History of England Vol. 4

A Literary History of England Vol. 4
Author: A Baugh
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 857
Release: 2004-06-02
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1136892990

First published in 1959. The scope of this four volume work makes it valuable as a work of reference, connecting one period with another an placing each author clearly in the setting of his time. This is the fourth volume and includes the Nineteeth Century and after (1789-1939).

A Literary History of England

A Literary History of England
Author: Tucker Brooke
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 490
Release: 1989
Genre: English literature
ISBN: 041504586X

First published in 1959. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

English Literature, Volume 2

English Literature, Volume 2
Author: Louis A. Landa
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 721
Release: 2015-12-08
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1400877334

Two volumes containing the annual bibliographies of 18th century scholarship published in the Philological Quarterly. "An excellent aid to the student of 18th century literature."—Saturday Review. Volume 2, 1939-1950, includes consolidated index for both volumes. Originally published in 1952. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The Active Universe

The Active Universe
Author: H. W. Piper
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2014-01-13
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1472505611

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.