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

S. Ruston

ISBN 10: 134944295X / ISBN 13: 9781349442959

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

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Creating Romanticism | Case Studies in the Literature, Science and Medicine of the 1790s | S. Ruston | Taschenbuch | Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print | xiv | Englisch | 2013 | Palgrave Macmillan | EAN 9781349442959 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Creating Romanticism | Case Studies in the Literature, Science and Medicine of the 1790s
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 134944295X
• ISBN 13: 9781349442959
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 140H x 13D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 13 millimeters depth
• Weight: 303 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).