Romantic Futures

<p><em>Romantic Futures</em> is a collection which explores the significance of futurity in British Romanticism from a comparative perspective in three defining manifestations: the future as conscious legacy by which is meant both influences or continuities and the (anticipations of) impact on the future; the future as revealed by prophecy whether via religious figures or superstitions; and a meditation on the temporality of the future or the future as a concept. The book brings together a wide range of theoretical and disciplinary perspectives: from utopian studies history religion and cultural theory to future studies neuroscience video games and art history. Aiming to increase and diversify current critical engagement and highlight the contemporary relevance of the Romantics’ multivalent preoccupation with the future this collection renews the dialogue between Romanticism and our critical relation to its contemporaneity especially as it speaks to current understandings of the future in the sciences arts and humanities. </p>