Background
He was born in London in 1897 and educated at Cambridge.
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922. Excerpt: ... Tendencies in Renaissance Literary Theory. i. THE DEFENCE OF POETRY. (i.) Origins Of The Controversy And Its Course In The Italian Renaissance. "St. Augustine... You are charmed with the very chains that are dragging you to your death, and, what is most sad of all, you glory in them 1 Petrarch. What may these chains be of which you spesk? St. Augustine. Love and glory. Petrarch. Great Heavens! What is this I hear? You call these things chains? And you would break them from me, if I would let you?" In his little book called Secretum meum, written about 1342, Petrarch gives us, in the form of a dialogue between himself and the spirit of St. Augustine, an illuminating sidelight on the moral dilemma which confronted lovers of earthly beauty in the later. Middle Ages. St. Augustine stands for the mediaeval-Christian ideal of renunciation; Petrarch argues for the value and strength of human love and ambition, and though he bows to the authority of the ascetic, we feel he is but imperfectly convinced. 'My principle is/ he says, 'that, as concerning the glory which we may hope for here below, it is right for us to seek it while we are here below. One may expect to enjoy that other more radiant glory in heaven, when we shall have there arrived, and when one will have no more care or wish for the glory of earth.'a He is trying to break down the rigid barrier of mediaeval dualism, and to establish a place in the scheme of things for human emotions. In his desire to bridge over the hitherto impassable gulf between spirit and matter he anticipates the fundamental sentiment of the Renaissance, that (to quote Samuel Butler) 'the whole duty of man is to serve both God and Mammon.' The feeling that 'aesthetic gratification is a sensual sin' was not peculiar to the Middl...
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In this illuminating intellectual and spiritual biography, the distinguished critic Basil Willey traces the development of Coleridge’s religious and political views and shows how these views are revealed in his writings. The central thread of the book is Coleridge’s life-long search―in Professor Willey’s words, “for a mind not passive but active; a will not frozen in necessity, but free and responsible; an Imagination not decorative but creative in the highest sense; and a God not identified or confused with Nature, but at once transcendent and redemptive.” Basil Willey’s rich understanding of Coleridge, and his lucid analysis of the complex philosophical issues in his work, will make this book invaluable to readers interested in English intellectual history.
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He was born in London in 1897 and educated at Cambridge.
He became a fellow of Pembroke College in 1935. He was appointed King Edward VII Professor of English Literature in 1946. He served as President of Pembroke College from 1958 to 1964.
He retired from his position as King Edward VII Professor of English Literature in 1965.
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He was a fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Literature, and a member of the Athenaeum Club.