Literature, electricity and politics 1740–1840: ‘electrick communication every where’
Auteur :
Fairclough, Mary
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349955169
Date de publication :
12 juil. 2018
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The book analyses attempts by both elite and popular practitioners of electricity to elucidate the mysteries of electricity, and traces the figurative uses of electrical language in the works of writers including Mary Robinson, Edmund Burke, Erasmus Darwin, John Thelwall, Mary Shelley and Richard Carlile.