Towards a romantic conception of nature Coleridge's poetry up to 1803 : a study in the history of ideas = Naar een romantische natuuropvatting : Coleridge's poëzie tot 1803 : een studie in de Ideëngeschiedenis

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. TOWARDS A ROMANTIC CONCEPTION OF NATURE: COLERIDGE'S POETRY UP TO 1803 Editorial page Title page Copyright page Dedication ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Table of contents INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TRADITION OF NATURE POETRY CHAPTER II. THE TRADITIONAL CHARACTER OF COLERIDGE'S EARLYPOETRY CHAPTER III. THE 1796 POEMS AND THEIR PHILOSOPHICAL BACKGROUND CHAPTER IV. COLERIDGE AND WORDSWORTH IN 1797;THEIR INTEREST IN EVIL AND ALIENATION CHAPTER V. ALIENATION RECONSIDERED: THE ANCIENT MARINER' CHAPTER VI. TROST ATMIDNIGHT':A COMPANION PIECE TO THE ANCIENT MARINER' CHAPTER VII. A BRIEF SURVEY OF CONTINENTAL IDEAS ON MAN ANDNATURE CHAPTER VIII. A MOVEMENT AWAY FROM EMPIRICISM, TOWARDS THE 'ONE LIFE' IDEA: 1799-1803 CHAPTER IX. THE 'ONE LIFE' AND ALIENATION: 'DEJECTION: AN ODE' CHAPTER X. 'KUBLA KHAN' AND ITS IDEATIONAL RESEMBLANCE TO'DEJECTION: AN ODE' CHAPTER XI. REALITY AND DREAM: ROMANTIC IRONY IN 'THE PICTURE' CONCLUSION NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX INDEX OF COLERIDGE'S WORKS This study describes in detail the development of Coleridges attitude to nature as it is reflected in his poetry. It analyses the different stages of Coleridges 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 Coleridges major poems like The Ancient Mariner and 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 Coleridges 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. H.r. Rookmaaker, Jr. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. [203]-208.