Despite its widely acknowledged importance in and beyond the thought of the Romantic period, the distinctive concept of the symbol articulated by such writers as Goethe and F. W. J. Schelling in Germany and S. T. Coleridge in England has defied adequate historical explanation. In contrast to previous scholarship, Nicholas Halmi's study provides such an explanation by relating the content of Romantic symbolist theory - often criticized as irrationalist - to the cultural needs of its time. Because its genealogical method eschews a single disciplinary perspective, this study is able to examine...
Despite its widely acknowledged importance in and beyond the thought of the Romantic period, the distinctive concept of the symbol articulated by such...
"Criticism" includes twenty assessments of Coleridge's poetry and prose by British and American authors A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.
"Criticism" includes twenty assessments of Coleridge's poetry and prose by British and American authors A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are als...
