Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine

Stanback, Emily B.

This book argues for the importance of disability to authors of the Wordsworth-Coleridge circle. By examining texts in a variety of genres — ranging from self-experimental medical texts to lyric poetry to metaphysical essays — Stanback demonstrates the extent to which non-normative embodiment was central to Romantic-era thought and Romantic-era aesthetics. The book reassesses well-known literary and medical works by such authors as William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Humphry Davy, argues for the importance of lesser-studied work by authors including Charles Lamb and Thomas Beddoes, and introduces significant unpublished work by Tom Wedgwood.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2017-11-10

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137511393

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-51140-9

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 337