1. The Romantic Imagination
Although Wordsworths "Preface" and Coleridges definition of Imagination illuminate the meaning and purpose of Romanticism, the extent to which Romantic poems truly express their vision varies. ... Thus, just as objects are "fixed and dead" until someone conveys meanings on them, the Imagination is always to be valued highly, whether or not it is being applied properly. ... Indeed, according to Wordsworth, "The end of poetry is to produce excitement in coexistence with an overbalance of pleasure" (Wordsworth, Preface, 580). Wordsworths emphasis on the role of poetry as a "nonviolent" stimulati...
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