The Poetics of Natural History: From John Bartram to William James

by Christoph Irmscher

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The Poetics of Natural History is about the "daydreams" of early American naturalists (from 1730 to 1868) and the collections they created around these dreams. Christoph Irmscher explores how, through the acts of organizing physical artifacts and reflecting upon their collections through writings and images, naturalists from John Bartram to Louis Agassiz were making sense of themselves and their world. These collections allowed them, in a way, to...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0813526159

ISBN13:9780813526157

Release Date:June 1999

Publisher:Rutgers University Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:2.15 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 7.3" x 10.4"

Related Subjects

Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Nature Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology

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