British Romanticism and the Matter of Voice

Alice Rhodes (University of York)

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Cambridge University Press
23 January 2025

Phonetics, phonology; Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 ; Literary studies: poetry & poets; Social discrimination

Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism

Physiological, political, and poetic studies of the relationship between the human body and voice saw increased attention and took on new significance in British literature of the politically turbulent period between the 1770s and the 1820s. Focusing on Erasmus Darwin, John Thelwall, and Percy Bysshe Shelley, three writers whose works draw together the fields of science, politics, language, and literature, and who were subject to charges of political radicalism and materialist philosophy, Alice Rhodes draws attention to a developing theory of spoken and poetic utterance which, for its subscribers, suggested a fundamental, material, and reciprocal connection between the speaking body and the physical, social, and political worlds around it. By investigating the Romantic-era fascination with the mechanics and physiology of speech production, she explores how Darwin, Thelwall, and Shelley came to present the voice as a form of physical, autonomous, and effective political action.

By: Alice Rhodes (University of York)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781009503419
ISBN 10: 1009503413
Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
Pages: 210
Publication Date: 23 January 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: mechanic art and elocutionary science; 1. Erasmus Darwin and the mechanics of speech; 2. John Thelwall and the physiology of speech; 3. Percy Bysshe Shelley and the poetry of speech; Coda: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the speaking body; Bibliography.

Alice Rhodes is an honorary research associate at The University of York's Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies. She has held fellowships with The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies and the British Association for Romantic Studies, and has published articles in Essays in Romanticism and European Romantic Review.