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UNINA9910456794603321 |
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Autore |
Clark J. F. M (John F. M.), <1963-> |
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Bugs and the Victorians [[electronic resource] /] / J.F.M. Clark |
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New Haven [Conn.] ; ; London, : Yale University Press, c2009 |
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1-282-35272-5 |
9786612352720 |
0-300-16003-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Entomology - England - History - 19th century |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-310) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- The politics of insects -- Struggle for the minds of insects -- Bees and ants -- Social insects and secular science -- Darwin and the entomologists -- The Colorado beetle -- A female entomologist -- Insects and empire -- House flies -- Conclusion. |
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In the wake of the Scientific Revolution, the impulse to name and classify the natural world accelerated, and insects presented a particularly inviting challenge. This lively book explores how science became increasingly important in nineteenth-century British culture and how the systematic study of insects permitted entomologists to engage with the most pressing questions of Victorian times: the nature of God, mind, and governance, and the origins of life. By placing insects in a myriad of contexts-politics, religion, gender, and empire-John F. McDiarmid Clark demonstrates the impact of Victorian culture on the science of insects and on the systematic knowledge of the natural world. Through engaging accounts of famous and eccentric innovators who sought to define social roles for themselves through a specialist study of insects-among them a Tory clergyman, a banker and member of Parliament, a wealthy spinster, and an entrepreneurial academic-Clark highlights the role of insects in the making of modern Britain and maintains that the legacy of Victorian entomologists continues to this day. |
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UNINA9910779088803321 |
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Autore |
Morson Gary Saul <1948-> |
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The long and short of it [[electronic resource] ] : from aphorism to novel / / Gary Saul Morson |
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Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (296 p.) |
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Aphorisms and apothegms - History and criticism |
Wit and humor - History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Genre and brevity -- Apothegms -- Witticism and witlessism -- Wisdom and counter-wisdom -- Two kinds of trial -- Prosaic apothegms -- Conclusion : the great conversation. |
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This book explores the family of very short literary genres-- aphorisms, witticisms, wise sayings, and other short forms, from the perspective of their world views and the devices that express them. |
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