"Romantic Mediations lays the groundwork for future studies of the afterlives of Romanticism in other media and the ways those manifestations in turn reveal essential conditions of the writings they refract … [and] adds to our understanding of the ways English Studies can recognize and replenish itself in the history and theory of media." — Studies in Romanticism"Andrew Burkett's book is a masterful study of the possibilities of a media theory of Romanticism. With media archaeology at its centre, Burkett maps out the entire theoretical field, while at the same time providing thought-provoking and striking new insights into specific Romantic writers, their preoccupations, and practices." — The BARS Review"…Burkett's book is in turns insightful, penetrating, speculative, and engaging as a media history that unearths conceptual linkage between the old and new, in particular between romantic art and literature and contemporary media technologies of storage and processing … Burkett's clear structure and deft handling of difficult concepts make for a thoroughly engaging read for romanticists and historians of various disciplinary stripes." — Journal of British Studies"…theoretically rich and conceptually complex … For scholars who want to be challenged to think about familiar texts in new ways, to see those texts through the lenses of twenty-first-century media-centered and technological concerns, Burkett's monograph … will be stimulating." — European Romantic Review"…Burkett's book articulates a new and refreshing approach to Romantic media studies. By opening new pathways and situating Romanticism in longer media histories that reach our own current multimedia moment, Burkett calls on scholars to further explore 'the potential of media archaeology for the Romantic text and its long afterlife, which haunts us even today.' In concluding an engaging and lively work, this call to action invites a resounding answer." — Review 19"Romantic Mediations brings contemporary media theory to major Romantic texts and their reception. Few if any scholars working in Romanticism and media have taken up the generational difference between Friedrich Kittler's media theory and the more contemporary media archaeology of Jussi Parikka. Moreover, too often have media theories of Romanticism been restricted to digital media and screen technology. Andrew Burkett creates a new path for Romantic period scholarship by showing the potential of media archaeology for Romantic texts and their long afterlife." — Ron Broglio, author of Technologies of the Picturesque: British Art, Poetry, and Instruments 1750–1830
