Sciences of the senses in romantic literature, the: sight, touch, and vision
Auteur :
Musitelli, Sophie
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009646789
Date de publication :
31 mai 2026
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Exploring Romantic writers' free and imaginative confrontation with eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century scientific research, Sophie Musitelli reveals how the physiology of the senses allowed them to envision new modalities of sensation, in an attempt at turning touch into a visionary sense.