Hydromania: Perspectives on Romantic Swimming

Jarvis, Robin

Abstract

The author explores the origins and context of the Romantic generation’s passion for swimming, considers some of the literary meanings and uses of swimming in writing of that period, and looks in particular at the way swimming features in the lives and works of three notable hydromaniacs – Coleridge, Byron, and Keats.

Citation

Jarvis, R. (2015). Hydromania: Perspectives on Romantic Swimming. Romanticism, 21(3), 250-264. https://doi.org/10.3366/rom.2015.0242

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Sep 1, 2015
• Publication Date: Oct 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: Aug 25, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 9, 2016
• Journal: Romanticism
• Print ISSN: 1354-991X
• Electronic ISSN: 1750-0192
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 250-264
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3366/rom.2015.0242
• Keywords: Byron, Coleridge, Keats, swimming, water, boundaries
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/805095
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/rom.2015.0242
• Additional Information: Additional Information : The article has been accepted for publication by Edinburgh University Press in the journal Romanticism, and may be accessed here http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/rom.2015.0242.