Literature, science and exploration in the Romantic era bodies of knowledge / Tim Fulford, Debbie Lee and Peter J. Kitson.
| Author/creator | Fulford, Tim, 1962- |
| Other author | Lee, Debbie (Deborah Jean), 1960- |
| Other author | Kitson, Peter J. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, England ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2004. |
| Description | xvii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Book review (H-Net) |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Supplemental Content | Book review (H-Net) |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 60 Cambridge studies in Romanticism 60. |
| Contents | Bodies of knowledge -- I: Exploration, science and literature -- Sir Joseph Banks and his networks -- Tahiti in London: London in Tahiti: tools of power -- Indian flowers and Romantic orientalism -- Mental travellers: banks, African exploration and the Romantic imagination -- Banks, Bligh and the breadfruit: slave plantations, tropical islands and the rhetoric of Romanticism -- Exploration, headhunting and race theory: the skull beneath the skin -- Theories of terrestrial magnetism and the search for the poles -- II: British science and literature in the context of empire -- 'Man electrified man': Romantic revolution and the legacy of Benjamin Franklin -- The beast within: vaccination, Romanticism and the Jenneration of disease -- Britain's little black boys and the technologies of benevolence. |
| Local note | Little-347805--305131054525Y |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-312) and index. |
| LCCN | 2003063280 |
| ISBN | 0521829194 |
| ISBN | 9780521829199 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR468.S34 F85 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |