Science and Eccentricity Collecting, Writing and Performing Science for Early Nineteenth-Century Audiences
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1 Defining Eccentricity in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain
- 2 Performers, Audiences and Eccentric Identities: William Martin and the World turned Upside Down
- 3 ‘Beyond the Pale of Ordinary Criticism’: Literary Eccentricity and the Fossil Books of Thomas Hawkins
- 4 Eccentricity on Display: Visiting Charles Waterton, Traveller, Naturalist and Celebrity
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
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Frontmatter
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1 Defining Eccentricity in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain
- 2 Performers, Audiences and Eccentric Identities: William Martin and the World turned Upside Down
- 3 ‘Beyond the Pale of Ordinary Criticism’: Literary Eccentricity and the Fossil Books of Thomas Hawkins
- 4 Eccentricity on Display: Visiting Charles Waterton, Traveller, Naturalist and Celebrity
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
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- Science and EccentricityCollecting, Writing and Performing Science for Early Nineteenth-Century Audiences, pp. i - ivPublisher: Pickering & ChattoFirst published in: 2014