Experimental Life : Vitalism in Romantic Science and Literature /

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If the objective of the Romantic movement was nothing less than to redefine the meaning of life itself, what role did experiments play in this movement? While earlier scholarship has established both the importance of science generally and vitalism specifically, with regard to Romanticism no prior s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mitchell, Robert, 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Vitalism in literature.
Romanticism.
Literature and science.
Life in literature.
English literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Vie dans la litterature.
Vitalisme dans la litterature.
Romantisme > Angleterre.
Litterature et sciences > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Litterature anglaise > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Romanticism > England.
Literature and science > England > History > 19th century.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
England.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : three eras of experimental vitalism
  • Romanticism, art, and experiments
  • Suspended animation and the poetics of trance
  • Life, orientation, and abandoned experiments
  • Nausea, digestion, and the collapsurgence of system
  • The media of life
  • Cryptogamia
  • Conclusion: biopolitics and experimental vitalism.

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