favoring natural speech in poetry
extension of the term "poet" to any creative thinker
Chapter 13
rejection of poetic diction
emphasis on "good sense"
reaction to Stephen Gosson's "School of Abuse"
Preface
imagination vs reason
influence of Platonic idealism (Ion)
fancy as "a mode of memory"
emphasis on poem being an "organic vital whole"
primary and secondary imagination
poet not merely a craftsman
literature (poetry) as an index to personality
good poetry as "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings"
imagination as "esemplastic power"
"Defence of Poetry"
"Lyrical Ballads"
"Biographia Literaria"
praise of Shakespeare's "King Lear"