Reimagining Dinosaurs in Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature

ISBN-13: 9781108984393 / Miękka / 2023 / 303 str.

Richard (University of Birmingham) Fallon

Opis

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

Recenzje

'… I enjoyed his book, and recommend it.' A. M. Lucas, Archives of Natural History

Spis treści

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