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The truth about Romanticism : pragmatism and idealism in Keats, Shelley, Coleridge / Tim Milnes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Milnes, Tim, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 83.
- Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 83
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Keats, John, 1795-1821--Criticism and interpretation.
- Keats, John.
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822--Criticism and interpretation.
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe.
- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834--Criticism and interpretation.
- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor.
- English poetry--19th century--History and criticism.
- English poetry.
- Romanticism--Great Britain.
- Romanticism.
- Pragmatism in literature.
- Idealism in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 253 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How have our conceptions of truth been shaped by romantic literature? This question lies at the heart of this examination of the concept of truth both in romantic writing and in modern criticism. The romantic idea of truth has long been depicted as aesthetic, imaginative and ideal. Tim Milnes challenges this picture, demonstrating a pragmatic strain in the writing of Keats, Shelley and Coleridge in particular, that bears a close resemblance to the theories of modern pragmatist thinkers such as Donald Davidson and Jürgen Habermas. Romantic pragmatism, Milnes argues, was in turn influenced by recent developments within linguistic empiricism. This book will be of interest to readers of romantic literature, but also to philosophers, literary theorists, and intellectual historians.
- Contents:
- Introduction: the pragmatics of romantic idealism; 1. Romanticising pragmatism: dialogue and critical method; 2. Pragmatising romanticism: radical empiricism from Reid to Rorty; 3. This living Keats: truth, deixis, and correspondence; 4. An unremitting interchange: Shelley, elenchus, and the education of error; 5. The embodiment of reason: Coleridge on language, logic, and ethics; Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-247) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-20541-7
- 0-511-85002-6
- 1-282-61984-5
- 9786612619847
- 0-511-72931-6
- 0-511-72836-0
- 0-511-72601-5
- 0-511-72460-8
- 0-511-73015-2
- 0-511-72741-0
- OCLC:
- 635290614
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