Fancy & Imagination

by R.L. Brett

Book Overview

First published in 1969, this book provides a concise and helpful introduction to the terms 'fancy' and 'imagination'. Although they are generally associated with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the work begins with a discussion the history of these concepts which were also known to Aristotle, the Elizabethans, Hobbes, Locke and Blake. It then goes on to examine Coleridge's theory of imagination and the distinction he drew between fancy and imagination...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138241911
• ISBN13: 9781138241916
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.1" x 7.8"