Science and eccentricity: Collecting, writing and performing science for early nineteenth-century audiences (2008)

Victoria Carroll
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Somerset Somerset Studies S 509.41 CAR
Record Number
Z000956660
Publication Details
Date
2008
RCN
Z000956660
Number of pages
304p
Height
23x16cm
Format
hbk.
Other Format
hbk/pbk from 300$e
Series
Science and culture in the nineteenth century, No. 4
Note
Introduction
1 Defining eccentricity
2 Performing eccentricity: William Martin and the world turned upside down
3 'Beyond the pale of ordinary criticism': Eccentric writing and the works of Thomas Hawkins
4 Eccentricity on display: Charles Waterton as collector and specimen Conclusion.
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Biographical Subject
Aspects
English
Dates
19th century