Abstract
In the late eighteenth century, vocabulary for work shifted away from terms emphasizing conscious effort (e.g. "industrious" and "diligent") and toward the term "energy." Although at this point "energy" lacked its modern thermodynamic associations, it already expressed a conception of work as natural and spontaneous activity that was especially dear to the British middle classes.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 103-125 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Studies in Romanticism |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 1 1995 |
Keywords
- morality
- energy
- Aristotelianism
- radicalism
- poetry
- writers
- convulsions
- electricity
- scientific discourse
- industrial productivity