In Common Things : : Commerce, Culture, and Ecology in British Romantic Literature / / Matthew Rowney.
The hardness of stone, the pliancy of wood, the fluidity of palm oil, the crystalline nature of salt, and the vegetable qualities of moss – each describes a way of being in and understanding the world. These substances are both natural objects hailed in Romantic literature and global commodities wit...
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| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- IN COMMON THINGS
- Introduction
- 1 “The Bones of the World”: Mary Wollstonecraft’s Social Geology
- 2 Broken Arbour: Deforestation and the Cultural History of Trees in “The Ruined Cottage”
- 3 “Strange Look’d it There!”: The Paradox of the Palm in the Poetry of Felicia Hemans
- 4 Preserver and Destroyer: Salt in The History of Mary Prince
- 5 “Lin’d with Moss”: John Clare’s Rhizomatic Poetics
- Conclusion: Plastic Rime
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index