Cover -- Mountaineering And British Romanticism: The Literary Cultures Of Climbing 1770-1836 -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List Of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Creation Of 'mountaineering' And The Transformation Of The 'mountaineer' -- Romantic Mountaineers -- Relocating The Origins Of British Mountaineering -- On 'romanticism' And 'mountaineering' -- 1: 'the Traveller Of Taste, . . . The Naturalist, And The Antiquary': The Evolution Of Romantic-period Mountaineering In Britain -- Scientific Mountaineering Scientific Mountaineering In The Alps -- The Antiquarian Mountaineer: Thomas Pennant -- 'the Traveller Of Taste': Mountain Climbing On The Picturesque Tour -- 2: 'curiosity', 'dangerous Adventure', And 'the Perilous Point Of Honour': Three Case Studies In The Invention Of Mountaineering -- Joseph Budworth, 'curious' Climber -- Reverend William Bingley's 'dangerous Adventure' -- John Macculloch And Mountaineering 'achievement' -- 3: From 'vast Extended Prospect 'to 'the Spectacle Of Nature': Wordsworth, Keats, And The Aesthetics Of Elevated Viewing -- Climbing In Search Of The Elevated 'prospect' 'a New Scene Of Astonishment': The Shock Of The View -- 'the Most Sublime Prospect To Be Met With': Encountering The Mountain Top Sublime -- Witnessing 'the Spectacle Of Nature' -- 'a Gratification Of No Common Kind': The Aesthetics Of 'the Veiling Atmosphere' -- 4: 'master[s] Of The Prospect'?: Wordsworth, Keats, And The Revelations Of Elevation -- Mountain Ascent As The Prelude And 'prologue' To The Literary Life -- Bird's-eye Views And Cloud Stations: New Ways Of Seeing In The Mountains -- 'placed . . . On A Pinnacle Of The World': The Elevated Climber And The World Below 'like A Map': Elevation And The Transformation Of Landscape And Viewer -- 'transported Into A New State Of Existence': Climbing Towards Transcendence -- 'upon The Top Of Nevis': Keats And The Negative Sublime -- 'enough Of Climbing Toil!': Wordsworth's Critique Of Ascent -- 5: Romanticism On The Rocks: Feeling And Fear In The Mountains -- 'i Felt It Horribly': Mountaineering And Embodiment -- 'with Much Difficulty And Some Danger': The Romantic-period Invention Of Rock-climbing -- 'the Climber As Visionary': Wordsworth And Coleridge On The Edge 'of Hope / And Hazard': Wordsworth And The Rhythms Of Mountaineering -- 'a Traveller Up An Alpine Road': Coleridge In The Mountains -- 6: 'fearless I Rove, Exploring, Free': The Mountaineer And The Romantic Imagination -- Of 'pure Air' And 'elevated . . . Residence': Rousseau And The Benefits Of Mountain Life -- 'yet Such A Life Hath Charms': The Attractions Of Chamois-hunting -- 'the Mountain Spirit Of Independence And Liberty': The Mountaineer As A Figure Of Freedom -- 'our Companion The Mountaineer': The Challenge Of The Mountain Guide Simon Bainbridge. 'in The Guise Of Mountaineers': The Excursion And The Imperative To 'climb Every Day' Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.