"Can She the Bodiless Dead Espy?": Coleridge and the Hermeneutics of Ghost Seeing
ELH: English literary history December 1, 2024 A. Thomas
Abstract:This article argues for a revised understanding of Coleridge's aesthetics of the preternatural by analyzing them through the lens of his long-standing engagement with the phenomenology and hermeneutics of ghost-seeing. Focusing first on critical works such as The Friend, The Statesman's Manual, and Coleridge's notes on Hamlet, I contend that Coleridge articulates an account of...