LEADER 04257nam 22006615 450 001 9910812298903321 005 20220414222155.0 010 $a1-9788-0590-X 024 7 $a10.36019/9781978805903 035 $a(CKB)4100000009590529 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5963037 035 $a(DE-B1597)529948 035 $a(OCoLC)1125107283 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781978805903 035 $a(DE-B1597)546417 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009590529 100 $a20191221d2019 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Poetics of Natural History /$fChristoph Irmscher 205 $aSecond edition. 210 1$aNew Brunswick, NJ :$cRutgers University Press,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (xxii, 379 pages) $ccolor illustrations 300 $aRevised edition of: The poetics of natural history : from John Bartram to William James. c1999. 311 0 $a1-9788-0587-X 311 0 $a1-9788-0586-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Illustrations --$tForeword /$rPurcell, Rosamond --$tNotes on the Photographs --$tPreface to the Second Edition /$rIrmscher, Christoph --$tList of Abbreviations --$tIntroduction --$tPart One. Displaying --$tChapter 1. "America Transplanted" /$rBartram, John / Bartram, William --$tChapter 2. Collection and Recollection /$rPeale, Charles Willson --$tChapter 3. Collecting Human Nature /$rBarnum, P. T. --$tPart Two. Representing --$tChapter 4. The Power of Fascination --$tChapter 5. Audubon at Large --$tChapter 6. Agassiz Agonistes --$tNotes --$tSelected Bibliography --$tIndex 330 $aEarly American naturalists assembled dazzling collections of native flora and fauna, from Joihn Bartram's botanical garden in Philadelphia and the artful display of animals in Charles Willson Peale's museum to P. T. Barnum's American Museum, infamously characterized by Henry James as "halls of humbug." Yet physical collections were only one of the myriad ways that these naturalists captured, catalogued, and commemorated America's rich biodiversity. They also turned to writing and art, from John Edward Holbrook's forays into the fascinating world of herpetology to John James Audubon's masterful portraits of American birds. In this groundbreaking, now classic book, Christoph Irmscher argues that early American natural historians developed a distinctly poetic sensibility that allowed them to imagine themselves as part of, and not apart from, their environment. He also demonstrates what happens to such inclusiveness in the hands of Harvard scientist-turned Amazonian explorer Louis Agassiz, whose racist pseudoscience appalled his student William James. This expanded, full-color edition of The Poetics of Natural History features a preface and art from award-winning artist Rosamond Purcell and invites the reader to be fully immersed in an era when the boundaries between literature, art, and science became fluid. 606 $aNatural history$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aNatural history$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aNaturalists$zUnited States 606 $aNatural history$vCatalogs and collections$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aNatural history$vCatalogs and collections$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aNatural history literature$zUnited States 606 $aPoetics$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aPoetics$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aNatural history$xHistory 615 0$aNatural history$xHistory 615 0$aNaturalists 615 0$aNatural history$xHistory 615 0$aNatural history$xHistory 615 0$aNatural history literature 615 0$aPoetics$xHistory 615 0$aPoetics$xHistory 676 $a508 700 $aIrmscher$b Christoph$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut.$01210786 701 $aPurcell$b Rosamond$01620865 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812298903321 996 $aThe Poetics of Natural History$93953899 997 $aUNINA