Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xi
4. PART ONE Probing the Source
5. 1 THE ESSENTIAL IDEA 3
6. 2 EMPIRICISM IN EARNEST: HOBBES AND LOCKE 11
7. 3 CLAIMS OF THE SPIRIT: SHAFTESBURY AND LEIBNIZ 22
8. 4 THE CREATIVE IMPULSE: ADDISON THROUGH AKENSIDE AND THE 1740s 33
9. 51 THE INNER STRUCTURE OF LIFE: HUME AND JOHNSON 51
10. PART TWO A Broader Stage
11. 6 NEW AESTHETICS AND CRITICISM: THE ASSOCIATIONISTS AND THE SCOTS 65
12. 7 INVESTIGATORS OF GENIUS: GERARD AND DUFF 78
13. PART THREE The German Foundation
14. 8 SHADOWS A CENTURY LONG 91
15. 9 THE NEW FOCUS OF LITERATURE AND MYTH 102
16. 10 THE GREAT METAMORPHOSIS: TETENS AND KANT 118
17. PART FOUR Faith in the Imagination
18. 11 THE PSYCHE REACHES OUT: SYMPATHY 143
19. 12 THE PSYCHE REACHES OUT: COALESCENCE AND THE CHEMISTRY OF THE MIND 161
20. 13 DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN FANCY AND IMAGINATION 172
21. 14 A PLATEAU IN BRITAIN AND DEVELOPMENTS IN AMERICA 184
22. 15 ORGANIC SENSIBILITY: HAZLITT 197
23. PART FIVE Literary Explorations
24. 16 THE NEW PHILOSOPHERS' STONE AND THE NEW PIERIAN SPRING 217
25. 17 THE PROPHETIC AND VISIONARY: BLAKE AND SHELLEY 244
26. 18 WORDSWORTH 265
27. 19 GOETHE AND KEATS 277
28. PART SIX Harmony of Being
29. 20 SCHELLING 301
30. 21 COLERIDGE 328
31. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 369
32. NOTES 381
33. INDEX 407