At the cusp of literary and cultural studies, this wide-ranging critical anthology re-evaluates Victorian culture in the light of the literature of the period and vice versa. As importantly, essays by eminent and emerging Victorianists offer a reassessment, explicit and implicit, of Victorian studies and its methodologies.

Rethinking Victorian Culture

John, J.

Ruston, S.

Science & Math

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Shelley and Vitality

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.

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

<p>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.</p>

Creating Romanticism: Case Studies in the Literature, Science and Medicine of the 1790s (Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print)

<p>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.</p>

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Books by Ruston, S.

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Rethinking Victorian Culture

Shelley and Vitality

Creating Romanticism: Case Studies in the Literature, Science and Medicine of the 1790s (Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print)

Creating Romanticism: Case Studies in the Literature, Science and Medicine of the 1790s (Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print)

Shelley and Vitality

Shelley and Vitality