Abstract
![CDATA[Through the later decades of the eighteenth century, electrical experiment became symbolically associated with revolutionary energies and ideals. Benjamin Franklin personified the spirit of the American Revolution to many, and his work on electricity was celebrated by poets as a spectacular expression of intellectual-political liberation.]]
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Frankenstein's Science : Experimentation and Discovery in Romantic Culture, 1780-1830 |
| Place of Publication | U.K |
| Publisher | Ashgate |
| Pages | 117-132 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780754654476 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
Keywords
- electricity
- romanticism
- England
- intellectual life
- Shelley
- Mary Wollstonecraft
- 1797-1851. Frankenstein