Creating Romanticism: Case Studies in the Literature, Science and Medicine of the 1790s

S. Ruston

ISBN 10: 1137264284 / ISBN 13: 9781137264282

Published by SPRINGER NATURE Mai 2013, 2013

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book argues that the term 'Romanticism' should be more culturally-inclusive, recognizing the importance of scientific and medical ideas that helped shape some of the key concepts of the period, such as natural rights, the creative imagination and the sublime. The book discusses a range of authors including Joanna Baillie, Edmund Burke, Erasmus Darwin, William Godwin, Joseph Priestly, Mary Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft. Chapters look at these figures from a new perspective, using their journal articles, diaries, manuscript not Elektronisches Buch and poetry, as well as unpublished letters. Humphry Davy is given particular attention and his poetry and chemistry are explored as central to Romantic efforts in both poetry and science. 232 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Creating Romanticism: Case Studies in the Literature, Science and Medicine of the 1790s
• Publisher: SPRINGER NATURE Mai 2013
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1137264284
• ISBN 13: 9781137264282
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 218W x 140H x 20D millimeters 218 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 20 millimeters depth
• Weight: 454 grams

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Synopsis

This book argues that the term 'Romanticism' should be more culturally-inclusive, recognizing the importance of scientific and medical ideas that helped shape some of the key concepts of the period, such as natural rights, the creative imagination and the sublime.

About the Author

Sharon Ruston is Chair in Romanticism at Lancaster University, UK. She has published Shelley and Vitality (2005), Romanticism: An Introduction (2007), and has edited The Influence and Anxiety of the British Romantics: Spectres of Romanticism (1999), Literature and Science (2008) and co-edited Teaching Romanticism (2010).