'A Radical causation': Coleridge's Lyrics and Collective Guilt. Issue 1 (April 2017)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- 'A Radical causation': Coleridge's Lyrics and Collective Guilt. Issue 1 (April 2017)
- Main Title:
- 'A Radical causation': Coleridge's Lyrics and Collective Guilt
- Authors:
- Pladek, Brittany
- Abstract:
- Abstract : This paper argues that the early lyrics of Samuel Taylor Coleridge explore the ethical work of collective guilt, a feeling with enormous Romantic and contemporary significance. Coleridge's lyrics formally model collective guilt while making a cautious case for its social value. By reading 'Fears in Solitude' and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner through recent work in social psychology and the philosophy of ethics, I show how Coleridge creates causalities of feeling, affirming meaningful relationships of responsibility that go beyond personal guilt. I conclude that Romantic lyric offers an ideal form not only for illustrating how collective guilt works as a 'structure of feeling', but also for examining the emotion's potential to create positive social change.
- Is Part Of:
- Romanticism. Volume 23:Issue 1(2017)
- Journal:
- Romanticism
- Issue:
- Volume 23:Issue 1(2017)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 23, Issue 1 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 23
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0023-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 62
- Page End:
- 74
- Publication Date:
- 2017-04
- Subjects:
- collective guilt -- lyric -- Coleridge -- feeling -- causality -- social psychology
Romanticism -- England -- History -- Periodicals
Romanticism -- Periodicals
English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism -- Periodicals
English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism -- Periodicals
820.9145 - Journal URLs:
- http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/romanticism/ ↗
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=1&hid=7&sid=e7afc04a-3725-4889-9371-1543032cada5%40SRCSM2 ↗
http://www.euppublishing.com/journal/rom ↗
http://www.euppublishing.com/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.3366/rom.2017.0307 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1354-991X
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