E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten
Granata The Victorian aquarium
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-5261-5197-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
Literary discussions on nature, culture, and science
E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten
Reihe: Interventions: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century
ISBN: 978-1-5261-5197-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
Through the analysis of a wide range of sources, which include aquarium manuals, articles and fictional works, The Victorian aquarium investigates the nineteenth-century vogue for home tanks; the book retraces the development and decline of the ‘aquarium mania’, exploring both its historical specificity and its far-ranging cultural resonance.
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Introduction
1 The marine aquarium in context
2 To the seaside and into the abyss
3 Beauty and the fish
4 The science of a miniature sea
5 Weird creatures in the home
Conclusion
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