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Author:

Irmscher, Christoph.

Title:

The poetics of natural history : from John Bartram to William James / Christoph Irmscher.

Publisher:

Rutgers University Press,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

xvii, 354 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Natural history--United States--History--18th century.
Natural history--United States--History--19th century.
Naturalists--United States.
Natural history--Catalogs and collections--United States--History--18th century.
Natural history--Catalogs and collections--United States--History--19th century.
Natural history literature--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-335) and index.

Contents:

Agassiz agonistes. Collection and recollection: Charles Willson Peale -- Collecting human nature: P.T. Barnum -- The power of fascination -- Audubon at large -- Agassiz agonistes.

ISBN:

9780813526157 (alk. paper)
0813526159 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)39706963

LCCN:

98040434

Locations:

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)