1st Edition

Method and Imagination in Coleridge's Criticism

By J.R. de J. Jackson Copyright 1969
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1969, this book places Coleridge’s literary criticism against the background of his philosophical thinking, examining his theories about criticism and the nature of poetry. Particular attention is paid to the structure of Biographia Literaria, Coleridge’s distinction between Imagination and Fancy, his definitions of the poetic characters of Shakespeare and Wordsworth, his... Read more

Acknowledgements; Key to Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Some Biographical Circumstances 2 The Search for Principles 3 Principles in Literary Criticism 4 The Communicative Intelligence 5 The Method of Poetry – Theory 6 The Method of Poetry – Practice 7 From Criticism to Theology; Notes; Index

Biography

J.R. de J.Jackson