Romantics and the Era of Early Flight

This book explores the significance of flight to Romantic literature. Although the Romantic movement and the age of ballooning coincided, there has been a curious and long-time tendency to forget that flight was not impossible during this period. This study details the importance of this new technol...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gilroy, John
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Origins
  • 3. New Prospects
  • 4. A Federation of the World
  • 5. Air-Mindedness
  • 6. Later Romantics – Keats and Shelley
  • 7. Balloons, Romantics and Beyond
  • 8. Conclusion