Inventions of the Imagination

Romanticism and Beyond

By: Richard T. Gray (Editor), Nicholas Halmi (Editor), Gary J. Handwerk (Editor), Michael A. Rosenthal (Editor), Klaus Vieweg (Editor)

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Hardcover | 22 June 2011

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The dialectic between reason and imagination forms a key element in Romantic and post- Romantic philosophy, science, literature, and art. Inventions of the Imagination explores the diverse theories and assessments of this dialectic in essays by philosophers and literary and cultural critics. By the end of the eighteenth century, reason as the predominant human faculty had run its course, and imagination emerged as another force whose contributions to human intellectual existence and productivity had to be newly calculated and constantly recalibrated. The attempt to establish a universal form of reason alongside a plurality of imaginative capacities describes the ideological program of modernism from the end of the eighteenth century to the present day. This collection chronicles some of the vicissitudes in the conceptualization and evaluation of the imagination across time and in various disciplines.

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"The majority of these essays focus on Romantic and post-Romantic European thinkers from the end of the eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Taken together they also chart the mutations in the conceptualization and evaluation occurring across time in various disciplines, especially philosophy and literary studies... The essay in this volume are clearly written and stimulating, jargon-free despite the sometimes complex material, and the volume has made the transition from a collection of conference papers to a set of polished essays in an exemplary way." - John Guthrie, Modern Language Review

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