{"product_id":"in-common-things-commerce-culture-and-ecology-in-british-romantic-literature-hardback-9781487543488","title":"In Common Things; Commerce, Culture, and Ecology in British Romantic Literature (Hardback) 9781487543488","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIn Common Things\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCommerce, Culture, and Ecology in British Romantic Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMatthew Rowney (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487543488\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 April 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages, 1 b\u0026amp;w illustration, 1 b\u0026amp;w table\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.7 x 2.5 cm, 0.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"I find the book\u0026amp;#x2019;s main claim compelling, namely that: \u0026amp;#x2018;Rather than assuming natural things exist merely for human use and manipulation, we need to recognize the myriad ways our identities are formed through a belonging to these things, both historically and biologically\u0026amp;#x2019; (13). The book does a good job of making that case.\" - David Sigler, University of Calgary (\u003cem\u003eEuropean Romantic Review\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hardness of stone, the pliancy of wood, the fluidity of palm oil, the crystalline nature of salt, and the vegetable qualities of moss – each describes a way of being in and understanding the world. These substances are both natural objects hailed in Romantic literature and global commodities within a system of extraction and exchange that has driven climate change, representing the paradox of the modern relation to materiality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Common Things\u003c\/i\u003e examines these five common substances – stone, wood, oil, salt, and moss – in the literature of Romantic period authors, excavating their cultural, ecological, and commodity histories. The book argues that the substances and their histories have shaped cultural consciousness, and that Romantic era texts formally encode this shaping. Matthew Rowney draws together processes, beings, and things, both from the Romantic period and from our current ecological moment, to re-invoke a lost heritage of cultural relations with common substances.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnabling a fresh reading of Romantic literature, \u003ci\u003eIn Common Things\u003c\/i\u003e prompts a reevaluation of the simple, the everyday, and the common, in light of their contributions to our contemporary sense of ourselves and our societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: In Common Things\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. \"The Bones of the World\": Mary Wollstonecraft\u0026amp;#x2019;s Social Geology\u003cbr\u003e2. \"Broken Arbour\": \u003cem\u003eThe Ruined Cottage\u003c\/em\u003e and Deforestation\u003cbr\u003e3. \"Strange Look\u0026amp;#x2019;d it There!\": The Paradox of the Palm in the Poetry of Felicia Hemans\u003cbr\u003e4. Preserver and Destroyer: Salt in \u003cem\u003eThe History of Mary Prince\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. \"Lin\u0026amp;#x2019;d with Moss\": John Clare\u0026amp;#x2019;s Rhizomatic Poetics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52739552674072,"sku":"9781487543488","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/in-common-things-commerce-culture-and-ecology-in-british-romantic-literature-hardback-9781487543488","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}