Romanticism and the Materiality of Nature

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University of Toronto Press, 1 янв. 2004 г. - Всего страниц: 253

Given current environmental concerns, it is not surprising to find literary critics and theorists surveying the Romantic poets with ecological hindsight. In this timely study, Onno Oerlemans extends these current eco-critical views by synthesizing a range of viewpoints from the Romantic period. He explores not only the ideas of poets and artists, but also those of philosophers, scientists, and explorers.

Oerlemans grounds his discussion in the works of specific Romantic authors, especially Wordsworth and Shelley, but also draws liberally on such fields as literary criticism, the philosophy of science, travel literature, environmentalist policy, art history, biology, geology, and genetics, creating a fertile mix of historical analysis, cultural commentary, and close reading. Through this, we discover that the Romantics understood how they perceived the physical world, and how they distorted and abused it. Oerlemans's wide-ranging study adds much to our understanding of Romantic-period thinkers and their relationship to the natural world.

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The End of the World Wordsworth Nature Elegy
30
The Meanest Thing That Feels Anthropomorphizing Animals in Romanticism
65
Shellys Ideal Body Vegetarianism Revolution and Nature
98
Romanticism and the Metaphysics of Classification
123
Moving through the Environment Travel and Romanticism
148
Conclusion
200
Notes
211
BIBLIOGRAPHY
233
INDEX
247
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Onno Oerlemans is an associate professor in the Department of English at Hamilton College.

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