John Thelwall and the Materialist Imagination

Acknowledgements List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Introduction: 'Mister Surgeon Thelwall' 1. Vital Principles: From the Animal Body to the Body Politic 2. Errant Sympathies: The Peripatetic 3. From Self to Sentient Nature: Poems Written in Close Confinement and Poems, Chiefly Written in Retirement 4. Between Hope and Necessity: The Fairy of the Lake , The Hope of Albion , and The Daughter of Adoption 5. The Language of Nature: Elocutionary Writings and Poems, Chiefly Suggested by the Scenery of Nature 6. The Materialist Imagination: Late Poetry and Criticism Appendix Notes Bibliography Index