Poetics of Natural History

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.

Primii naturalisti americani au adunat colectii orbitoare de flora si fauna autohtone, de la gradina botanica a lui Joihn Bartram din Philadelphia si expozitia ingenioasa a animalelor din muzeul lui Charles Willson Peale pana la PT