Fairy Tales, Natural History and Victorian Culture
Author | : Laurence Talairach-Vielmas |
Publisher | : Palgrave Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014-05-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 1137342390 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781137342393 |
Rating | : 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Download or read book Fairy Tales, Natural History and Victorian Culture written by Laurence Talairach-Vielmas and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-05-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fairy Tales, Natural History and Victorian Culture examines how literary fairy tales were informed by natural historical knowledge in the Victorian period, as well as how popular science books used fairies to explain natural history at a time when 'nature' became a much debated word.