Download or read book Coleridge and the Nature of Imagination written by D. Ward and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-13 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining a range of Coleridge's writings, this book uses recent scientific research to understand how we have evolved to make mental representations of the counterfactual, how such transformative essays in Imagination have enabled humans to survive, to prosper and to express themselves in the sciences, the arts and particularly in poetry.