Title Creating Romanticism : case studies in the literature, science and medicine of the 1790s / Sharon Ruston, Chair in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture, University of Salford, UK

Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 218 pages) Series Palgrave studies in the enlightenment romanticism and cultures of print Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print Contents Mary Wollstonecraft and nature -- William Godwin and the imagination -- Romantic creation -- Humphry Davy and the sublime Summary This book argues that the term 'Romanticism' should bemore culturally-inclusive, recognizing the importance of scientific and medicalideas that helped shape some of the key concepts of the period, such as naturalrights, the creative imagination and the sublime Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Romanticism -- Great Britain English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Literature and medicine -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 -- English -- c 1700 to c 1800. History of science -- English -- c 1700 to c 1800. History of medicine -- English -- c 1700 to c 1800. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Literature. English literature Literature and medicine Literature and science Romanticism Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781137264299 1137264292 1299717292 9781299717299

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