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Studying the nature of symbol in Coleridge's work, Father Barth shows that it is central to Coleridge's intellectual endeavor in poetry and criticism as well as in philosophy and theology. He finds symbol to be an essentially religious reality for Coleridge, one that partakes of the nature of a sacrament, especially sacrament as an encounter betwee



Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xi*Chapter I. Symbol as Sacrament, pg. 1*Chapter II. Coleridge and the Poetry of Reference, pg. 22*Chapter III. The Poetry of Encounter: Wordsworth, pg. 42*Chapter IV. The Poetry of Encounter: Coleridge, pg. 79*Chapter V. Symbol and Romanticism, pg. 105*Chapter VI. The Religious Context of Symbol, pg. 128*List of Works Cited, pg. 145*Index, pg. 151

The Symbolic Imagination

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 8 March 2015
      ISBN-13 9780691616704
      978-0691616704
      ISBN-10 0691616701
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      Literary studies: general

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Studying the nature of symbol in Coleridge's work, Father Barth shows that it is central to Coleridge's intellectual endeavor in poetry and criticism as well as in philosophy and theology. He finds symbol to be an essentially religious reality for Coleridge, one that partakes of the nature of a sacrament, especially sacrament as an encounter betwee



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xi*Chapter I. Symbol as Sacrament, pg. 1*Chapter II. Coleridge and the Poetry of Reference, pg. 22*Chapter III. The Poetry of Encounter: Wordsworth, pg. 42*Chapter IV. The Poetry of Encounter: Coleridge, pg. 79*Chapter V. Symbol and Romanticism, pg. 105*Chapter VI. The Religious Context of Symbol, pg. 128*List of Works Cited, pg. 145*Index, pg. 151

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