The Central Self: A Study in Romantic and Victorian Imagination

achieved action activity Arnold attempt awareness Ballads becomes begin bring Browning Byron called central centre chameleon character Childe close Coleridge Coleridge's complex concept consciousness continuity contrast creative critical discovered drama dramatic effort egotistical emotional energy existence experience exploration expression fact feeling final follow force further gives Harold heart hero human idea identity imagination individual inner Juan Keats kind less light living looks Lyrical material means merely method mind mode monologue moral moved movement narrative nature object observation offers once perception play poem poet poet's poetic poetry pole positive possible present reader realization recognize relationship remains response reveal Romantic says scene seeks sense Shelley shows sincerity situation soul speaker speaks spirit story subjective suffering suggests takes Tennyson things thought tion turn universe Victorian vision voice whole Wordsworth writing