Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Norton Library, N696)

ISBN: 0393006964

Author: Willey, Basil

Condition: New

In this illuminating intellectual and spiritual biography, the distinguished critic Basil Willey traces the development of Coleridges religious and political views and shows how these views are revealed in his writings. The central thread of the book is Coleridges life-long search-in Professor Willeys words, for a mind not passive but active; a will not frozen in necessity, but free and responsible; an Imagination not decorative but creative in the highest sense; and a God not identified or confused with Nature, but at once transcendent and redemptive. Basil Willeys rich understanding of Coleridge, and his lucid analysis of the complex philosophical issues in his work, will make this book invaluable to readers interested in English intellectual history.