Coleridge's Imagination: Essays in Memory of Pete Laver

ISBN 10: 0521303028 / ISBN 13: 9780521303026

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1985

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Synopsis:

The unifying thrust of the book is an exploration of the tension in Coleridge's theory and practice between the Imagination and the Natural, and a delineation of the particular profile of Coleridge's imagination as compared to that of Wordsworth. There are challenging reassessments of Dejection: an Ode, Christabel and Kubla Khan, among other poems; a cluster of essays on the relations between Coleridge and Wordsworth; a strikingly original examination of Coleridge's imagination at work in the privacy of his notebooks; and an intriguing study of the neglected imagination of Mrs Coleridge. The volume opens and closes with major statements by Jonathan Wordsworth on Coleridge's primary imagination and by John Beer on Kubla Khan, and includes work by such eminent scholars as Thomas MacFarland, David Erdman, Norman Fruman, Robert Barth, Anthony Harding, and Stephen Parrish.

Book Description: This volume, dedicated to the memory of Peter Laver, who was for a number of years librarian of Dove Cottage, explores the tension in Coleridge's theory and practice between the Imagination and the Natural, and a delineation of the particular profile of Coleridge's imagination as compared to that of Wordsworth.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Coleridge's Imagination: Essays in Memory of...
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 1985
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair