The Poetics of Natural History

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Early American naturalists assembled dazzling collections of native flora and fauna, from Joihn Bartram's botanical garden in Philadelphia and the artful display of animals in Charles Willson Peale's museum to P.T. Barnum's American Museum, infamously characterized by Henry James as &...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Irmscher, Christoph
Otros Autores: Purcell, Rosamond
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2019.
Temas:
1700-1899
Natural history literature > United States.
Natural history > Catalogs and collections > United States > History > 18th century.
Natural history > Catalogs and collections > United States > History > 19th century.
Natural history > United States > History > 18th century.
Natural history > United States > History > 19th century.
Naturalists > United States.
Poetics > History > 18th century.
Poetics > History > 19th century.
Sciences naturelles > Documentation > États-Unis.
Sciences naturelles > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Sciences naturelles > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Naturalistes > États-Unis.
Poétique > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Poétique > Histoire > 19e siècle.
SCIENCE / General.
Natural history
Natural history > Catalogs and collections
Natural history literature
Naturalists
Poetics
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Foreword / Purcell, Rosamond
  • Notes on the Photographs
  • Preface to the Second Edition / Irmscher, Christoph
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Part One. Displaying
  • Chapter 1. "America Transplanted" / Bartram, John / Bartram, William
  • Chapter 2. Collection and Recollection / Peale, Charles Willson
  • Chapter 3. Collecting Human Nature / Barnum, P.T.
  • Part Two. Representing
  • Chapter 4. The Power of Fascination
  • Chapter 5. Audubon at Large
  • Chapter 6. Agassiz Agonistes
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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