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Coleridge and the Nature of Imagination

Evolution, Engagement with the World, and Poetry
By:D. Ward
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137362612
eText ISBN:9781137362629
Edition:0
Copyright:2013
Format:Reflowable

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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.