EMOTIONAL IMAGINATION AND THE CULTURE OF NATURE IN ENGLISH ROMANTICISM

This article examines the relationship between emotional imagination and the culture of nature in English Romanticism. For the Romantics, nature was not merely an external environment but a spiritual space connected with the human inner world. The study explores how Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Shelley portray the unity of imagination, feeling, and natural landscapes. Emotional imagination is interpreted as a mental force enabling individuals to perceive their inner states through encounters with nature. The paper also highlights the links between Romantic poetics and the ecological as well as philosophical ideas of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Special attention is given to the spiritualization of nature and the projection of emotional experiences onto natural imagery. By analyzing these aspects, the article contributes to a deeper understanding of Romantic aesthetics and its enduring influence on contemporary literary thought.