Shelley And Vitality
, by Ruston, SharonNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781403918246 | 1403918244
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 6/11/2005
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 major canonical works are reconsidered to address Shelley's politicized understanding of contemporary scientific discourse.