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- Coleridge and the Geometric Idiom
- Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
- Coleridge and the Geometric Idiom
- Copyright page
- Frontispiece
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Coleridge Walks
- Chapter 2 Lines of Motion
- Chapter 3 A Geometric Frame of Mind
- Chapter 4 Ars Poetica
- Chapter 5 Youth and Age
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
Afterword
An Organic Geometry
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 February 2023
- Coleridge and the Geometric Idiom
- Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
- Coleridge and the Geometric Idiom
- Copyright page
- Frontispiece
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Coleridge Walks
- Chapter 2 Lines of Motion
- Chapter 3 A Geometric Frame of Mind
- Chapter 4 Ars Poetica
- Chapter 5 Youth and Age
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
Summary
The book concludes by suggesting that the geometric figure, in Coleridge’s hands, changes character and begins to exhibit organic qualities so that it becomes a living, growing being. Coleridge occasionally substitutes his own geometry and embraces a wild geometry that rivals the long-established school of Euclidean thought. In this way, he obliquely joins the company of those who rivalled the authority of Euclid’s system.
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- Coleridge and the Geometric IdiomWalking with Euclid, pp. 176 - 180Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023