Abstract: At the turn of 19th century, the modern chemical revolution started almost simultaneously with the romantic literary revolution, and this temporal overlap of two seemingly unrelated cultural phenomena provided an opportunity for their deep interaction. Similar to biology, the connection between living and nonliving through organic and inorganic chemistry is particularly attractive to romantic writers. In the new opening of modern culture, Humphry Davy not only embarked on his brilliant career as an outstanding chemist, but also injected a scientific catalyst into the nascent English Romantic Literature Movement because of his close association with the Lake Poets. In this regard, an analysis of David as a “poet-chemist” offers a paradigmatic significance for the interdisciplinary research between literature and science.

Key words: Humphry Davy, modern chemistry, Romanticism, analogy, sublime

摘要： 18世纪末19世纪初,现代化学革命与浪漫主义文学革命几乎同步展开,两个看似无关的文化现象在时间上重合,为它们之间的深度互动提供了契机。与生物学一样,生命与非生命通过有机化学与无机化学所建立的联系,对浪漫派作家别具诱惑力。在现代文化除旧布新的端口,汉弗莱·戴维不仅开启了其作为杰出化学家的辉煌生涯,更因其与湖畔派诗人的密切关联,为刚刚发轫的英国浪漫主义文学运动注入了科学的催化剂。就此而言,对“诗人化学家”戴维的剖析,便有了文学与科学跨学科研究范本的意义。

关键词: 汉弗莱·戴维, 现代化学, 浪漫主义, 类比, 崇高