The Resource Experimental life : vitalism in Romantic science and literature, Robert Mitchell
Experimental life : vitalism in Romantic science and literature, Robert Mitchell
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- Summary
- Experimental Life establishes the multiple ways in which Romantic authors appropriated the notion of experimentation from the natural sciences. If the objective of the Romantic movement was nothing less than to redefine the meaning of life itself, what role did experiments play in this movement? While earlier scholarship has established both the importance of science generally and vitalism specifically, with regard to Romanticism no study has investigated what it meant for artists to experiment and how those experiments related to their interest in the concept of life. Experimental Life draws on approaches and ideas from contemporary science studies, proposing the concept of experimental vitalism to show both how Romantic authors appropriated the concept of experimentation from the sciences and the impact of their appropriation on post-Romantic concepts of literature and art. Robert Mitchell navigates complex conceptual arenas such as network theory, gift exchange, paranoia, and biomedia and introduces new concepts, such as cryptogamia, chylopoietic discourse, trance-plantation, and the poetics of suspension. As a result, Experimental Life is a wide-ranging summation and extension of the current state of literary studies, the history of science, cultural critique, and theory.--Back cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 309 pages
- Contents
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- Romanticism, art, and experiments
- Suspended animation, slow time, and the poetics of trance
- A cold northern breeze: life, orientation, and abandoned experiments
- Chylopoeisis: nausea, digestion, and the collapsurgence of system
- The media of life
- Cryptogamia
- Conclusion: biopolitics and experimental vitalism
- Isbn
- 9781421410883
- Label
- Experimental life : vitalism in Romantic science and literature
- Title
- Experimental life
- Title remainder
- vitalism in Romantic science and literature
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert Mitchell
- Subject
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- English literature
- English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Life
- Life
- Life in literature
- Literature
- Literature
- Literature and science
- 1800 - 1899
- Literature and science -- England -- History -- 19th century
- Romanticism
- Romanticism
- Romanticism -- England
- Vitalism
- Vitalism
- Vitalism in literature
- Literature and science
- England
- England
- English literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Experimental Life establishes the multiple ways in which Romantic authors appropriated the notion of experimentation from the natural sciences. If the objective of the Romantic movement was nothing less than to redefine the meaning of life itself, what role did experiments play in this movement? While earlier scholarship has established both the importance of science generally and vitalism specifically, with regard to Romanticism no study has investigated what it meant for artists to experiment and how those experiments related to their interest in the concept of life. Experimental Life draws on approaches and ideas from contemporary science studies, proposing the concept of experimental vitalism to show both how Romantic authors appropriated the concept of experimentation from the sciences and the impact of their appropriation on post-Romantic concepts of literature and art. Robert Mitchell navigates complex conceptual arenas such as network theory, gift exchange, paranoia, and biomedia and introduces new concepts, such as cryptogamia, chylopoietic discourse, trance-plantation, and the poetics of suspension. As a result, Experimental Life is a wide-ranging summation and extension of the current state of literary studies, the history of science, cultural critique, and theory.--Back cover
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1969-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mitchell, Robert
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- English literature
- Literature and science
- Romanticism
- Vitalism in literature
- Life in literature
- English literature
- Life
- Literature
- Literature and science
- Romanticism
- Vitalism
- England
- Label
- Experimental life : vitalism in Romantic science and literature, Robert Mitchell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Romanticism, art, and experiments -- Suspended animation, slow time, and the poetics of trance -- A cold northern breeze: life, orientation, and abandoned experiments -- Chylopoeisis: nausea, digestion, and the collapsurgence of system -- The media of life -- Cryptogamia -- Conclusion: biopolitics and experimental vitalism
- Control code
- 025137508
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- viii, 309 pages
- Isbn
- 9781421410883
- Lccn
- 2013004819
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Label
- Experimental life : vitalism in Romantic science and literature, Robert Mitchell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Romanticism, art, and experiments -- Suspended animation, slow time, and the poetics of trance -- A cold northern breeze: life, orientation, and abandoned experiments -- Chylopoeisis: nausea, digestion, and the collapsurgence of system -- The media of life -- Cryptogamia -- Conclusion: biopolitics and experimental vitalism
- Control code
- 025137508
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- viii, 309 pages
- Isbn
- 9781421410883
- Lccn
- 2013004819
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
Subject
- English literature
- English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Life
- Life
- Life in literature
- Literature
- Literature
- Literature and science
- 1800 - 1899
- Literature and science -- England -- History -- 19th century
- Romanticism
- Romanticism
- Romanticism -- England
- Vitalism
- Vitalism
- Vitalism in literature
- Literature and science
- England
- England
- English literature
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