The earth on show fossils and the poetics of popular science, 1802-1856 /
O'Connor, Ralph
The earth on show fossils and the poetics of popular science, 1802-1856 / [electronic resource] : Ralph O'Connor - Chicago : University Of Chicago Press, 2007 - 1 online resource (xiii, 541 p., [6] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.)
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-489) and index
Introduction : Science as literature -- Enter the mammoth -- William Buckland : antiquary and wizard -- Lizards and literalists -- Lyell steps in -- Marketing geology -- Polite science and narrative form -- Time travel and virtual tourism in the age of John Martin -- Literary monsters -- Scenes and legends from deep time -- Hugh Miller and the geologic diorama -- Epilogue : New mythologies of the ancient earth
Mode of access : Internet
9780226616704 (electronic bk.) 0226616703 (electronic bk.)
Geology--History--Great Britain--19th century
Geology--Social aspects--History--Great Britain--19th century
Geology in literature
Literature and science--History--Great Britain--19th century
The earth on show fossils and the poetics of popular science, 1802-1856 / [electronic resource] : Ralph O'Connor - Chicago : University Of Chicago Press, 2007 - 1 online resource (xiii, 541 p., [6] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.)
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-489) and index
Introduction : Science as literature -- Enter the mammoth -- William Buckland : antiquary and wizard -- Lizards and literalists -- Lyell steps in -- Marketing geology -- Polite science and narrative form -- Time travel and virtual tourism in the age of John Martin -- Literary monsters -- Scenes and legends from deep time -- Hugh Miller and the geologic diorama -- Epilogue : New mythologies of the ancient earth
Mode of access : Internet
9780226616704 (electronic bk.) 0226616703 (electronic bk.)
Geology--History--Great Britain--19th century
Geology--Social aspects--History--Great Britain--19th century
Geology in literature
Literature and science--History--Great Britain--19th century