Coleridge the Moralist / Laurence S. Lockridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lockridge, Laurence S., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor.

Didactic poetry, English--History and criticism.

Didactic poetry, English.

Ethics in literature.

Moral conditions in literature.

Musical Arts & Ethnomusicology.

Local Subjects:

Musical Arts & Ethnomusicology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This rigorously argued yet deftly written book defines and analyzes Coleridge's moral vision as it reveals itself in his life, thought, and poetry. Based on the entire corpus of his writings, it includes much unpublished or previously unanalyzed primary source material, such as the late notebooks and the Opus Maximum manuscript. Mr. Lockridge considers Coleridge to be one of the great British moralists, and he argues that much of his work is characterized by an uncommon density of thought and an imaginative assimilation of theory to practice. Tracing Coleridge's evolution as a moralist, he treats with close attention Coleridge's writings on such subjects as freedom, will, duty, self-realization, pleasure, suffering, dread, and evil. By bringing together related fragments, he has given coherent structure to the moral thought of a major Romantic writer.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations Used in Notes

Introduction

1. Freedom and Alienation

2. The Problem of Duty

3. The Evolution of the Self

4. Coleridge and the British Moral Traditioji

5. Theory and Contexts

Appendix: A Note on Coleridge's Vlagiarisms

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781501744181

1501744186

OCLC:

1129189736