Fairy Tales, Natural History and Victorian Culture

by Laurence Talairach-Vielmas

Book Overview

Fairy Tales, Natural History and Victorian Culture deals with the way in which natural history was connected to the world of fairies and highlights how shifts in the understanding of natural history, especially after 1859, had a significant impact on fairy stories and Victorian experiments with the literary fairy tale. By exploring the interaction between scientific and literary fields, this book shows the ways in which natural knowledge was shaped...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137342390
• ISBN13: 9781137342393
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.5"