The Coleridge Legacy

Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Intellectual Legacy in Britain and America, 1834-1934
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-030-07107-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 307 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 421 g

This book examines the development of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s intellectual legacy in Britain and America from 1834 to 1934 by focusing on his late role as the Sage of Highgate and his programme of educating young minds who were destined for the higher professions (particularly preaching and teaching). Chapters assess his pedagogy and his late publications, his posthumous reputation, and his influence on aesthetics, theology, philosophy, politics and social reform. The book discusses a wide range of British and American intellectuals, including Thomas and Matthew Arnold, F. D. Maurice, John Stuart Mill, Henry Sidgwick, Shadworth Hodgson, T. H. Green, James Marsh, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Horace Bushnell, William James and John Dewey. It demonstrates how Coleridgean ideas were developed and distorted into something he would never have recognized as his own and emphasizes his significance as a catalyst who played a vital role in shaping the intellectual vocation of the long nineteenth century.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aherne, Philip

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Einzelne Autoren: Monographien & Biographien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Rezeption, literarische Einflüsse und Beziehungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: The Elusive Legacy.- 2. The Sad Ghost: Coleridge as the Sage of Highgate.- 3. The Ruined Man: Coleridge's Posthumous Reputation.- 4. The Power of Criticism: Poetry, Aestheticism, and Literary Criticism.- 5. The Construction of Doubt: Reflection, Faith, and the Knowledge of God.- 6. The Endurance of Idealism: Ethics, Epistemology and the Self.- 7. The Religion of Politics: The State, the Church, and Political Economy.- 8. The Harmony of Society: The Clerisy, Liberal Education, and Idea of Culture.- 9. Conclusion: The Coleridgean Vocation.

Über Autor(innen)

Philip Aherne read English Language and Literature at Merton College, Oxford, UK. He has an MA in Eighteenth-Century Studies at King’s College London, where he also studied for his PhD. This is his first book.