Nature's Spectacles: Ornament, Performance, and Natural History in the Long Eighteenth Century

Eighteenth-century British culture expressed ideas of Nature â aesthetic, scientific, and otherwise â that have exerted colossal influence ever since. Studies of the eraâs natural imagination have tended to prioritize such forms of literature, art, and natural philosophy that enjoyed polite approval...

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Main Author: Quigley, Killian Colm
Other Authors: Jonathan Lamb
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2016
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-07192016-053807/