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This thesis explores moments of contact and touch within Paradise Lost in the context of Milton's much-discussed material monism. I argue that touch operates in the poem in accordance with Milton's monism as a process of unification and merging that occurs on both corporeal and …

The importance of affectionate touch has been empirically established. It is crucial for healthy child development, beneficial to well-being as an adult, and harmful if absent at any stage of life. Related to affectionate touch is attachment, or the way we learn to interact with…

This dissertation considers social and narrative value of the sense of touch in eighteenth-century British literature and culture. By paying close attention to moments of touching and being touched, this project reveals how haptic sensations subtended social relations in the per…

This thesis explores two novel ways of reducing the data complexity of tactile sensing. The thesis begins by examining the state-of-the art in tactile sensing, not only examining the sensor construction and interpretation of data but also the motivation for these designs. The th…