Romantic Rocks, Aesthetic Geology by Heringman, Noah

Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2004. NEW and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Only a little shelfwear to the jacket. NO chips, tears, creases or fading. Bright and shiny. Square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- obviously never read. Illustrations. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original biege cloth. From the dust jacket: " Why are rocks and landforms so prominent in British Romantic poetry? Why, for example, does Shelley choose a mountain as the locus of a 'voice... to repeal / large codes of fraud and woe'? Why does a cliff, in the boat-stealing episode of Wordsworth's Prelude, chastise the young thief? Why is petrifaction, or 'stonifying,' in Blake's coinage, the ultimate figure of dehumanization? Noah Heringman maintains that British literary culture was fundamentally shaped by many of the same forces that created geology as… Read More

Cornell University Pres, 2004. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. Fine/Fine . Inscribed by the author.

Cornell University Press, 2004. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:0801441277

Cornell University Press, 2004. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:9780801441271

United States: Cornell University Press, 2004. Hard covers in clean, tidy condition with a very good dust jacket, 304pp. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.