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MACMILLAN Literature, Electricity and Politics 1740-1840 - Palgrave Studies

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This scholarly work examines how electricity captured the imagination of eighteenth-century writers and thinkers, tracing its evolution from scientific curiosity to symbol of enlightened progress. The book investigates electricity's textual presence across literary and political writings between 1740 and 1840, exploring how debates about electrical phenomena intersected with profound questions about the body-soul relationship, sexual attraction, revolutionary communication, and the nature of life itself. Rather than treating electricity as a purely scientific topic, the author reveals how its mysterious operation and uncertain utility generated rich literary and philosophical discourse. Through careful analysis of primary texts and historical context, this work demonstrates that electricity was far more than a physical phenomenon-it was a conceptual framework through which writers grappled with modernity, embodiment, and social change. Essential for scholars of literature, history, and the history of science.

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Explores electricity's symbolic and textual significance in long eighteenth-century literature and political debate.

Connects scientific concepts of electricity to broader philosophical questions about body, soul, and human nature.

Traces how electricity featured in discussions of revolutionary communication and social transformation between 1740 and 1840.

Part of the Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine series, bridging disciplinary boundaries.

Provides detailed textual analysis of how enlightened thinkers represented electricity's obscure operations and uncertain utility.

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01 April 2017
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