 | Leonora Leet - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2004 - 542 pages
...definition of the imagination is still that given by Coleridge in his discussion of the ideal poet: He diffuses a tone and spirit of unity, that blends, and (as it were)/«*«, each into each, by that synthetic and magical power, to which we have exclusively appropriated the... | |
 | Paul Bishop, Roger H. Stephenson - Philosophy - 2005 - 312 pages
...close to identifying the Weimar program with the traditional topos of the poet's office in general — "he diffuses a tone and spirit of unity, that blends and (as it were)/kr«each to each," as Coleridge has it — 22 the German debate since the late sixties has been... | |
 | Gesa Elsbeth Thiessen - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 424 pages
...sustains and modifies the images, thoughts and emotions of the poet's own mind. The poet, described in ideal perfection, brings the whole soul of man...each, by that synthetic and magical power to which we have exclusively appropriated the name of imagination. This power, first put in action by the will... | |
 | Jill Line - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 196 pages
...poet brings the diffuse parts of the soul into unity through the power of the imagination: He. . . brings the whole soul of man into activity, with the...which I would exclusively appropriate the name of Imagination.6 As Prospero, with the help of Ariel, moved the characters on his island according to... | |
 | Jerome McGann - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 252 pages
...authority: and modifies the images, thoughts, and emotions of the poet's own mind. A poet, described in ideal perfection, brings the whole soul of man...tone, and spirit of unity, that blends, and (as it were)/ttses, each into each, by that synthetic and magical power, to which we have exclusively appropriated... | |
 | Thomas Docherty - Philosophy - 2006 - 210 pages
...Literaria, chapter 14, where Coleridge describes the condition of being a poet: The poet, described in ideal perfection, brings the whole soul of man...diffuses a tone and spirit of unity that blends and fuses . . . each into each, by that synthetic and magical power to which we have exclusively appropriated... | |
 | Robert Devigne - Philosophy - 2008 - 319 pages
...facet of life, shaping and transforming it into one harmonious, beautiful entity. "The poet, described in ideal perfection, brings the whole soul of man...each other, according to their relative worth and dignity."38 In true Platonic fashion, Coleridge argued it is illuminating to evaluate all particular... | |
 | Marjorie Stone, Judith Thompson - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 392 pages
...sustains and modifies the images, thoughts, and emotions of the poet's own mind. The poet, described in ideal perfection, brings the whole soul of man...each, by that synthetic and magical power, to which we have exclusively appropriated the name of imagination. (BL, 2:15- 16) What this famous definition... | |
 | Sara Emilie Guyer - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 392 pages
...poet? that the answer to the one is involved in the solution of the other. . . . The poet described in ideal perfection, brings the whole soul of man...other, according to their relative worth and dignity" (2: 15-16). Wordsworth's account of the poet, which I reproduce only in part, quickly renders the "natural"... | |
 | Roger Lundin - History - 2007 - 282 pages
...of poetry, that "the poet, described in ideal perfection, brings the whole soul of man into activity He diffuses a tone, and spirit of unity, that blends,...each, by that synthetic and magical power, to which we have exclusively appropriated the name of imagination."30 Coleridge saw his theory of the imagination... | |
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The poet, described in ideal perfection, brings the whole soul of man into activity, with the subordination of its faculties to each other, according to their relative worth and dignity. He diffuses a tone and spirit of unity that blends, and (as it were)... 
