Creating romanticism : case studies in the literature, science and medicine of the 1790s

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Creating romanticism : case studies in the literature, science and medicine of the 1790s

Sharon Ruston

(Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-210) and index

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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.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Mary Wollstonecraft and Nature 2. William Godwin and the Imagination 3. Romantic Creation 4. Humphry Davy and the Sublime 5. Conclusion Bibliography

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