Victorians and the Prehistoric - Tracks to a Lost World

Zusatztext Durch seine tiefe Emotionalität wendet sich der Stier mit Ausdauer undHingabe den schönen und genußvollen Dingen des Lebens zu. Stier-Geborenesind Genießer im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes! mit großer Freude an Kreativität!Sinnlichkeit und materiellem Wohlstand. Klappentext As the Victorians excavated the earth to create canals and railways in the early part of the nineteenth century! geological discoveries brought to light new narratives of the prehistoric! ideas that resounded in British society! art! and literature of the period. This engaging and generously illustrated book explores the Victorian fascination with all things prehistoric.Michael Freeman shows how men and women were both energized and unsettled by the realization that the formation of the earth over hundreds of millions of years and Darwin's theories about the origins of life contradicted what they had read in the Bible. He describes the rock and fossil collecting craze that emerged! the sources of inspiration and imagery discovered by writers and artists! and the new importance of geologists and paleontologists. He also discusses the cathedral-like museums that sprang up in cities and towns! shrines to all that was progressive in the age but still clothed in the trappings of traditional ideas. Zusammenfassung When one considers the sheer amount of rock and earth that the Victorians excavated as they criss-crossed Britain with railways and canals! it is hardly surprising that they became fascinated by the fossils! bones and man-made treasures that they happened upon.

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• Authors: Michael Freeman, Michael (Supernumerary Fellow and Lecture Freeman, Michael (Supernumerary Fellow and Lecturer in Human Geography Freeman, FREEMAN MICHAEL SUPERNUMERARY FE
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.08.2004
• EAN: 9780300103342
• ISBN: 978-0-300-10334-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain