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Shelley and Vitality

Shelley and Vitality

Paperback

Literary CriticismPoetry CriticismGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 1349514098
ISBN13: 9781349514090
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Jan 1 2012
Pages: 231
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.51 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Shelley and Vitality reassesses Percy Shelley's engagement with early nineteenth-century science and medicine, specifically his knowledge and use of theories on the nature of life presented in the debate between surgeons John Abernethy and William Lawrence. Sharon Ruston offers new biographical information to link Shelley to a medical circle and explores the ways in which Shelley exploits the language and ideas of vitality. Major canonical works are reconsidered to address Shelley's politicised understanding of contemporary scientific discourse.

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