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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mitchell, Robert, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013
Subjects:
1800-1899
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Literature and science > England > History > 19th century.
Romanticism > England.
Vitalism in literature.
Life in literature.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et sciences > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Romantisme > Angleterre.
Vitalisme dans la littérature.
Vie dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature
Life in literature
Literature and science
Romanticism
Vitalism in literature
England
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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