Reimagining Dinosaurs in Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature - How the ''Terrible Lizard'' Became a Transatlantic Cultural Icon

Reimagining Dinosaurs argues that transatlantic popular literature was critical for transforming the dinosaur into a cultural icon between 1880 and 1920

Sommario

1. Reclaiming Authority: Henry Neville Hutchinson, Popular Science, and the Construction of the Dinosaur; 2. Reinventing Wonderland: Jabberwocks, Grotesque Monsters, and Dinosaurian Maladaptation; 3. Rearticulating the Nation: Transatlantic Fiction and the Dinosaurs of Empire; 4.Rediscovering Lost Worlds: Arthur Conan Doyle and the Modern Romance of Palaeontology

Info autore

RICHARD FALLON is a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at the University of Birmingham.

Riassunto

Reimagining Dinosaurs is aimed at literary scholars, historians of science, and curious general readers. Unlike previous works, which suggest that American museums made dinosaurs famous, this book argues that British and American popular literature was critical for transforming the dinosaur into a transatlantic cultural icon between 1880 and 1920.

Prefazione

Reimagining Dinosaurs argues that transatlantic popular literature was critical for transforming the dinosaur into a cultural icon between 1880 and 1920

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Richard Fallon, Richard (University of Birmingham) Fallon
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2023
• EAN: 9781108984393
• ISBN: 978-1-108-98439-3
• Pagine: 303
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; SCIENCE / History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, History of Science, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literature: history and criticism