CHAPTER V.. Law of the Development of the Imagination.

LAW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IMAGINATION.

Is the creative imagination, in its evolution, subject to any law?--It passes through two stages separated by a critical phase.--Period of autonomy; critical period; period of definite constitution. Two cases: decay or transformation through logical form, through deviation.--Subsidiary law of increasing complexity.--Historical verification. 167

THIRD PART.

THE PRINCIPAL TYPES OF IMAGINATION.

PRELIMINARY.

The need of a concrete study.--The varieties of the creative imagination, analogous to the varieties of character. 179