The Romance of Victorian Natural History

by Lynn L. Merrill

The nineteenth century is frequently referred to as the golden age of the amateur naturalist. This study focuses on how the enthusiasm for natural history in the 19th century produced characteristic ways of conceptualizing and visualizing the world--especially the Victorian fascination with particulars-- as frequently seen in Victorian poetry, fiction, history, and textual studies. Arguing for natural history as an influential literary genre, Merrill...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019505203X
• ISBN13: 9780195052039
• Release Date: March 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.6"