Coleridge and the Nature of Imagination: Evolution, Engagement with the World, and Poetry

by David Ward

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349472743
• ISBN13: 9781349472741
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"