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Andrew Keanie , Hartley Coleridge: A Reassessment of His Life and Work (New York and Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008), pp. 196. £40.00 hardback. 978140397472.

Andrew Keanie , Hartley Coleridge: A Reassessment of His Life and Work (New York and Hampshire:... Reviews Geoffroy, some very interesting questions are asked, which throw new light on the novel. Some essays are rather more leftfield in their claims than others, not that this is necessarily a problem. Victor Frankenstein is diagnosed as a ‘manic personality’ by Jane Goodall, who also attempts, as do other authors, to nuance the over-simplified understanding of Shelley as ‘anti-Promethean.’ Many of the essays contradict each other in their readings of the novel and of Shelley’s message, but perhaps that is no bad thing either, given that the novel has become a hugely popular text on degree-level English courses because of the many possibilities for its interpretation. Many of the contributions tell us things that we already know, and greater editorial influence over the whole would have helped to avoid the repetition that occurs, as well as the often simplistic accounts of very well-known men of science from the times. Many essays choose one scientific writer, experimenter, text, or topic (and the choice sometimes seems quite random) and these essays do not talk to each other. Some degree of consistency over such subjects as Mary Shelley’s reading of or knowledge of Erasmus Darwin, which are mentioned in a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Romanticism Edinburgh University Press

Andrew Keanie , Hartley Coleridge: A Reassessment of His Life and Work (New York and Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008), pp. 196. £40.00 hardback. 978140397472.

Healey, Nicola
Romanticism , Volume 15 (3): 289 – Oct 1, 2009
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Edinburgh University Press
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© Edinburgh University Press 2009
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Reviews; Literary Studies
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1354-991X
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Reviews Geoffroy, some very interesting questions are asked, which throw new light on the novel. Some essays are rather more leftfield in their claims than others, not that this is necessarily a problem. Victor Frankenstein is diagnosed as a ‘manic personality’ by Jane Goodall, who also attempts, as do other authors, to nuance the over-simplified understanding of Shelley as ‘anti-Promethean.’ Many of the essays contradict each other in their readings of the novel and of Shelley’s message, but perhaps that is no bad thing either, given that the novel has become a hugely popular text on degree-level English courses because of the many possibilities for its interpretation. Many of the contributions tell us things that we already know, and greater editorial influence over the whole would have helped to avoid the repetition that occurs, as well as the often simplistic accounts of very well-known men of science from the times. Many essays choose one scientific writer, experimenter, text, or topic (and the choice sometimes seems quite random) and these essays do not talk to each other. Some degree of consistency over such subjects as Mary Shelley’s reading of or knowledge of Erasmus Darwin, which are mentioned in a

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