The Romantic Imagination and Astronomy [electronic resource] : On All Sides Infinity /
Brothers, Dometa Wiegand.author.
In the nineteenth century the beauty of the night sky is the source of both imaginative wonder in poetry and political and commercial power through navigation. The Romantic Imagination and Astronomy examines the impact of astronomical discovery and imperial exploration on poets including Barbauld, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, and Rossetti.
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The First International Event and the First "New" Planet: Expanding the Globe and Confronting Infinity; 2 Barbauld: "Embryo Systems and Unkindled Suns"; 3 Coleridge: Herschel and Cosmogonical Time; 4 John Herschel and Mary Somerville: Astronomical Legacy and the Proprietary British Scientist; 5 Astronomy and Empire: The Pathos of Demystification in Lamia and The Witch of Atlas; 6 Rossetti: Reconciliation and Recursivity; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In the nineteenth century the beauty of the night sky is the source of both imaginative wonder in poetry and political and commercial power through navigation. The Romantic Imagination and Astronomy examines the impact of astronomical discovery and imperial exploration on poets including Barbauld, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, and Rossetti.
British literature.
Poetry.
Astronomy.
Literature, Modern-19th century.
British and Irish Literature.
Poetry and Poetics.
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.