Coleridge and the conservative imagination / by Alan P.R. Gregory.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gregory, Alan, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834--Criticism and interpretation.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834.

Conservatism--England--History--19th century.

Conservatism.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834--Philosophy.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834--Religion.

Conservatism in literature.

Philosophy in literature.

Religion in literature.

Religion.

Philosophy.

History.

Criticism and interpretation.

England.

Physical Description:

ix, 286 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, 2003.

Contents:

1. Coleridge among the Conservatives 1

Radical Imaginings 1

Among the Conservatives 10

The Later Political Writings 27

2. Philosophical Psychology and Conservative Politics 39

Prologue: Does Fortune Favor Fools? 39

Identification and the Goals of Rhetoric 42

Imagination and the Renewal of the Mind 51

3. Imagination and the Wisdom of History 71

Historical Method: Knowledge as Power 71

The Scriptures: History as Prophecy 96

4. Social Conflict and the Balance of the Mind 119

Imagination and the Extremes of Revolution 119

Reason and the Critique of Commerce 143

5. Social Criticism and the Religious Imagination 167

True Religion and Proper Interests 167

Stifling the Imagination 179

6. The Conservative Imagination: Culture, Nature, and Grace 197

The Secularization of Political Argument 197

Beyond Utility: Church, State, and the Higher Reason 208

Prophetic Relations: The Ordering of Nature and Culture 233

The World's "Befriending Opposite" 241

The Imagination 255.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-279) and indexes.

ISBN:

0865548013

OCLC:

51837946