TY - JOUR
T1 - Work on the Victorian Dinosaur
T2 - Histories and Prehistories of Nineteenth-Century Palaeontology
AU - Tattersdill, William
PY - 2017/6/13
Y1 - 2017/6/13
N2 - In recent studies of Victorian Literature and Science, valuable insights into the history and discursive constitutions of geology, palaeontology, and evolution have often shone a sidelight on the figure of the dinosaur. Few, though, have engaged head-on with the dinosaur itself as a conceptual category. In discussing why, this article aims to provide the reader with a reading list by which they may themselves begin to explore the Victorian dinosaur – as well as a possible justification for so doing.
AB - In recent studies of Victorian Literature and Science, valuable insights into the history and discursive constitutions of geology, palaeontology, and evolution have often shone a sidelight on the figure of the dinosaur. Few, though, have engaged head-on with the dinosaur itself as a conceptual category. In discussing why, this article aims to provide the reader with a reading list by which they may themselves begin to explore the Victorian dinosaur – as well as a possible justification for so doing.
U2 - 10.1111/lic3.12394
DO - 10.1111/lic3.12394
M3 - Article
SN - 1741-4113
VL - 14
JO - Literature Compass
JF - Literature Compass
IS - 6
M1 - e12394
ER -