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OverviewGenial Perception offers a critical examination of Wordsworth’s and Coleridge’s naturalist construction of creative and critical perception, and a historical study of the perceptual dimension of poetic taste. “Genial” is the adjectival form of “genius,” and eighteenth-century critical naturalism understands “genial” perception as a gift of nature, as an inborn power operating autonomously through the senses and imagination and thus independently of cultural influence. By exploring the philology of keywords and binaries inherited by the two poet-critics and used to describe and interpret their perceptual experience, both creative (imaginative) and critical, Genial Perception traces how that experience reveals an unacknowledged indebtedness to discourse and language, having been silently and perhaps unconsciously shaped by patterns and trends in the literary culture in which Wordsworth and Coleridge came of age. This study shows that critical perception, often thought to be too elusive and subjective to make a proper subject for historical investigation, can be approached through study of the terms—the language—of the practical criticism that attempts to communicate it; that both critical and creative perception are far more dependent on language than is commonly recognized; and that philology, by recovering the original usage, functions, and contexts of critical keywords, provides for an accurate historical understanding of the claims made by critics in the long eighteenth century for “genial” perception, and can illuminate the dynamics of “genial” perception itself. Full Product DetailsAuthor: William C. EdingerPublisher: Clemson University Digital Press Imprint: Clemson University Digital Press ISBN: 9781638040224ISBN 10: 1638040222 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 01 June 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Chapter One: “Genial” Perception Chapter Two: The Imagination / Fancy Distinction and the Tradition of Critical Binaries Chapter Three: Critical Binaries of the Mid- and Later Eighteenth Century Chapter Four: Local Unity of Effect in Wordsworth and Coleridge Chapter Five: Perceptual Naturalism in Wordsworth (I): Artful and “Natural” Beholding; Languages of Art and Languages of “Nature” Chapter Six: Perceptual Naturalism in Wordsworth (II): Longinian Beholding and Wordsworth’s New Pictorialism Chapter Seven: The Shaftesburyan Inheritance Chapter Eight: “Genial” Perception and Literacy Chapter Nine: Wordsworth’s Revisions to the Snowdon Episode Conclusion: The Philology of Unacknowledged Indebtedness Appendix A: The Snowdon Passages Appendix B: “Soul” and “Imagination” in The Prelude NotesReviews‘While previous studies have shown the limitations of the Romantics’ claims to originality, Edinger brings welcomed depth and breadth to the discussion. With detailed analysis, he documents specific debts across a wide range of texts, many of which deserve greater critical attention. The result is an especially rich understanding of Wordsworth’s and Coleridge’s intellectual inheritance… [“Genial” Perception] reflects a lifetime of reading and study applied to an accessible, persuasive argument.’ Christopher D. Johnson, 1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era Author InformationWilliam C. Edinger was a professor of English at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. He was a specialist in poetry and 18th century literature and was a founder of the English Department Honors Program. He passed away in 2021. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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