The Victorian Aquarium: Literary Discussions on Nature, Culture, and Science (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781526151964)

The Victorian aquarium explores the vogue for home tanks that spread through Great Britain around the middle of the nineteenth century. This book offers an example of how the study of a particular object can be used to address a broad spectrum of issues. The Victorian aquarium became in fact a point of intersection between scientific, technological and cultural trends; it engaged with issues of class, gender, nationality and inter-species relations; it drew together home d馗or and ideals of domesticity, travel and tourism, exciting discoveries in marine biology and tensions between competing views of science; it also marked an important moment in the development of a burgeoning environmental awareness. Through the analysis of a wide range of sources, including aquarium manuals, articles and fictional works, The Victorian aquarium unearths the historical significance of nineteenth-century tanks, reconstructing their far-ranging cultural resonance.

Author: Silvia Granata
ISBN-10: 1526151960
ISBN-13: 9781526151964
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/23/2021
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2022