what, according to ruskin , are the main functions of imagination?
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Answer :- There are 3 main functions of imagination:-
1) Penetrative Imagination - This imagination is about external fact and inner truth.
2) Associative Imagination - This imagination expresses thought of artist.
3) Contemplative Imagination - This imagination gradually evolves into a theory of symbolism.
the above kinds of imagination find their correspondence in the orders of truth.
Ruskin talks about the fancy and imagination to be the best faculties of the imaginative writer.
Ruskin’s idea of romantic imagination had a major role to play in the works of the romantic poets.
He talks about penetrative, associative and the contemplative imagination that gradually evolves into a theory of symbolism.
On the other hand the associative imaginations ealps to associate things with one another.