Perverse Romanticism Aesthetics and Sexuality in Britain, 1750-1832

• Main Author: Sha, Richard C. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Johns Hopkins University Press 2009
• Subjects: Gender studies, gender groups
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Richard C. Sha's revealing study considers how science shaped notions of sexuality, reproduction, and gender in the Romantic period. Through careful and imaginative readings of various scientific texts, the philosophy of Immanuel Kant and Longinus, and the works of such writers as William Blake...