{"product_id":"experimental-life-9781421410883","title":"Experimental Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a result, Experimental Life is a wide-ranging summation and extension of the current state of literary studies, the history of science, cultural critique, and theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheoretically informed and inventive, Experimental Life is one of those good books that links the concerns of Romantic scholars to broader discussions in the arts and sciences. -- Adela Pinch Studies in English Literature In addition to its compelling history of experimentation in art and science, Experimental Life also marks many before unapprehended relations among different sectors of Romantic studies, and will no doubt generate a good deal of further experiments with Romantic literature and science-which, as Mitchell proposes, is what marks any experiment's real success. Studies in Romanticism Mitchell's book displays wide erudition and an ambitious interdisciplinary agenda. Modern Language Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Three Eras of Experimental Vitalism\u003cbr\u003e1. Romanticism, Art, and Experiments\u003cbr\u003e2. Suspended Animation and the Poetics of Trance\u003cbr\u003e3. Life, Orientation, and Abandoned Experiments\u003cbr\u003e4. Nausea, Digestion, and the Collapsurgence of System\u003cbr\u003e5. The Media of Life\u003cbr\u003e6. Cryptogamia\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Biopolitics and Experimental Vitalism\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529527796055,"sku":"9781421410883","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421410883.jpg?v=1731875965","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/experimental-life-9781421410883","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}