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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Irmscher, Christoph
Other Authors: Purcell, Rosamond
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
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
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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