Fairy Tales, Natural History and Victorian Culture

by Laurence Talairach-Vielmas

Book Overview

Fairy Tales, Natural History and Victorian Culture examines how literary fairy tales were informed by natural historical knowledge in the Victorian period, as well as how popular science books used fairies to explain natural history at a time when 'nature' became a much debated word.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349465321
• ISBN13: 9781349465323
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"