The Concept of Self in Indian Philosophy and English Romantic Literature: A Comparative Exploration
International journal of language, literature, and culture November 1, 2025 Willibald Vishal Francis
This paper undertakes a comparative philosophical-literary exploration of the concept of self as it emerges in Indian philosophical traditions—particularly Advaita Vedānta and Sāṃkhya-Yoga—and in the works of major English Romantic poets such as William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Percy Bysshe Shelley. While the Romantic tradition posits the self as both a source of poetic...