Sympathy and the State in the Romantic Era: Systems, State Finance, and the Shadows of Futurity

by Robert Mitchell

Book Overview

Sympathy and the State in the Romantic Era explores a fascinating connection between two seemingly unrelated Romantic-era discourses, outlining the extent to which eighteenth and early nineteenth century theories of sympathy were generated by crises of state finance. Through readings of authors such as David Hume, Adam Smith, William Wordsworth, and P.B. Shelley, this volume establishes the ways in which crises of state finance encouraged the development...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415771420
• ISBN13: 9780415771429
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"