LEADER 03085nam 2200649 450 001 9910453757303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7391-7044-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000001250612 035 $a(EBL)1658994 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001132576 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12464451 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001132576 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11154921 035 $a(PQKB)10221529 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1658994 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1658994 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10854234 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL585118 035 $a(OCoLC)875098852 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001250612 100 $a20140410h20122012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMesmerism, Medusa, and the muse $ethe romantic discourse of spontaneous creativity /$fAnne DeLong 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cLexington Books,$d2012. 210 4$dİ2012 215 $a1 online resource (179 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7391-7043-0 311 $a1-306-53867-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMESMERISM, MEDUSA, AND THE MUSE; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Opium Dreams: Romantic Poetry and Spontaneous Creativity; Chapter One Romantic Improvisation: The Discourse of Spontaneity and the Anxiety of Inspiration; Chapter Two Animal Magnetism: Mesmerism in the Shelley Circle; Chapter Three Mesmeric Muses: Galvanic Maniacs and Somnambulant Zombies; Chapter Four The Medusan Muse: Speaking Eyes and Snaking Veins; Chapter Five The Gazing Eye, the Speaking I, and the Assenting Ay; Bibliography; Index; About the Author 330 $aMesmerism, Medusa, and the Muse: The Romantic Discourse of Spontaneous Creativity explores the connections among the Romantic discourse of spontaneous literary creativity, the nineteenth-century cultural practice of mesmerism, and the mythical Medusa. 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