TY  - BOOK
AU  - O'Connor,Ralph
TI  - The earth on show: fossils and the poetics of popular science, 1802-1856 
SN  - 9780226616704 (electronic bk.)
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University Of Chicago Press
KW  - Geology
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Geology in literature
KW  - Literature and science
N1  - 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
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ER  -