Daybooks of Discovery Nature Diaries in Britain, 1770-1870 |
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| Author:
| Bellanca, Mary Ellen |
| Series title: | Under the Sign of Nature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-2613-1 |
| Publication Date: | May 2007 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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Rooted in a thriving culture of amateur natural history, the keeping of nature journals and diaries flourished in late-eighteenth-and early-nineteenth-century Britain. This book offers a critical study of this genre. Each chapter situates an individual author's journals amid contemporary discourses of natural history.
Rooted in a thriving culture of amateur natural history, the keeping of nature journals and diaries flourished in late-eighteenth-and early-nineteenth-century Britain. This book offers a critical study of this genre. Each chapter situates an individual author's journals amid contemporary discourses of natural history.