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Veins of Silence

Veins of Silence: Sensory Perception and Romantic Mourning in British Literature was an academic monograph by Alastair Hargreaves. Developed from his Oxford D.Phil. dissertation, it was published before he began teaching at Harvard University in fall 2007 and became a foundational work within its specialist field.

Overview

The monograph examined nineteenth-century lyricism, poetic structure, and the sensory landscape of Romantic mourning in British literature.

Development and Writing

Alastair began the project after earning First-Class Honours in English Literature at Magdalen College and developed it through his doctoral research at Oxford.

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