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Literature, Electricity and Politics 1740-1840: 'Electrick Communication Every Where' (Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine)
Mary Fairclough
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Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; HBTB; JPA; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book investigates the science of electricity in the long eighteenth century and its textual life in literary and political writings. Electricity was celebrated as a symbol of enlightened progress, but its operation and its utility were unsettlingly obscure. As a result, debates about the nature of electricity dovetailed with discussions of the relation between body and soul, the nature of sexual attraction, the properties of revolutionary communication and the mysteries of vitality. This study explores the complex textual manifestations of electricity between 1740 and 1840, in which commentators describe it both as a material force and as a purely ... Read more
This book investigates the science of electricity in the long eighteenth century and its textual life in literary and political writings. Electricity was celebrated as a symbol of enlightened progress, but its operation and its utility were unsettlingly obscure. As a result, debates about the nature of electricity dovetailed with discussions of the relation between body and soul, the nature of sexual attraction, the properties of revolutionary communication and the mysteries of vitality. This study explores the complex textual manifestations of electricity between 1740 and 1840, in which commentators describe it both as a material force and as a purely ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137593146
SKU
V9781137593146
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99-15
About Mary Fairclough
Mary Fairclough is a Lecturer in the department of English and Related Literature and the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at the University of York, UK. She is the author of The Romantic Crowd: Sympathy, Controversy and Print Culture (2013), and various articles on the intersection between literature, science and politics in the eighteenth century.
Reviews for Literature, Electricity and Politics 1740-1840: 'Electrick Communication Every Where' (Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine)
“This book is useful for those seeking to learn more about the personal, political, intellectual, and spiritual risks undertaken by those involved in the emergence of electrical discoveries and technologies. Literature, Electricity and Politics will interest scholars and students of the history and philosophy of science and intellectual history, as well as those eager to learn more about religious ... Read more