Richard C. Sha is professor of Literature at American University, where he teaches courses in Romanticism, the emotions, and consciousness. His new book, 'Imagination and Science in Romanticism', is forthcoming from the Johns Hopkins University Press in August, 2018, and features two chapters on the Shelleys. He is also the author of 'Perverse Romanticism: Aesthetics and Sexuality in Britain, 1750-1832' (2009) and 'The Visual and Verbal Sketch in British Romanticism' (1998), and co-editor of 'Romanticism and the Emotions' (2014). https://american.academia.edu/RichardCSha