History of Selborne

History of Selborne
Author: Gilbert White
Publsiher: e-artnow
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2021-05-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: EAN:4064066380533

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This book is a compilation of the author's letters to other naturalists – Thomas Pennant and Daines Barrington. Some of the letters were never posted, and were written for the book. White's Natural History was at once well received by contemporary critics and the public, and continued to be admired by a diverse range of nineteenth and twentieth century literary figures. His work has been seen as an early contribution to ecology and in particular to phenology. The book has been enjoyed for its charm and apparent simplicity, and the way that it creates a vision of pre-industrial England.

Gilbert White

Gilbert White
Author: Richard Mabey
Publsiher: Profile Books
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2015-03-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781847653857

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When the pioneering naturalist Gilbert White (1720-93) wrote The Natural History of Selborne (1789), he created one of the greatest and most influential natural history works of all time, his detailed observations about birds and animals providing the cornerstones of modern ecology. In this award-winning biography, Richard Mabey tells the wonderful story of the clergyman - England's first ecologist - whose inspirational naturalist's handbook has become an English classic.

The Natural History of Selborne

The Natural History of Selborne
Author: Gilbert White
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 448
Release: 1866
Genre: Natural history
ISBN: HARVARD:HN3FKB

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The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne in the Country of Southampton

The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne in the Country of Southampton
Author: Gilbert White
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 438
Release: 1877
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: BSB:BSB11355796

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Romantic Science

Romantic Science
Author: Noah Heringman
Publsiher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780791486931

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Uncovers the vital role that new scientific discoveries played in Romantic literary culture. Although “romantic science” may sound like a paradox, much of the romance surrounding modern science—the mad scientist, the intuitive genius, the utopian transformation of nature—originated in the Romantic period. Romantic Science traces the literary and cultural politics surrounding the formation of the modern scientific disciplines emerging from eighteenth-century natural history. Revealing how scientific concerns were literary concerns in the Romantic period, the contributors uncover the vital role that new discoveries in earth, plant, and animal sciences played in the period’s literary culture. As Thomas Pennant put it in 1772, “Natural History is, at present, the favourite science over all Europe, and the progress which has been made in it will distinguish and characterise the eighteenth century in the annals of literature.” As they examine the social and literary ramifications of a particular branch or object of natural history, the contributors to this volume historicize our present intellectual landscape by reimagining and redrawing the disciplinary boundaries between literature and science. Contributors include Alan Bewell, Rachel Crawford, Noah Heringman, Theresa M. Kelley, Amy Mae King, Lydia H. Liu, Anne K. Mellor, Stuart Peterfreund, and Catherine E. Ross. Noah Heringman is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Missouri at Columbia.

Drawn to Nature

Drawn to Nature
Author: Simon Martin
Publsiher: Pallant House Gallery
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2022-01-25
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1869827759

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The natural world as seen through the eyes of British artists including Eric Ravilious, Clare Leighton, and John Piper Since its publication in 1789, Gilbert White's Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne has inspired generations of artists, writers and naturalists. From Thomas Bewick to Eric Ravilious and Clare Leighton, many artists' depictions of animals, birds and wildlife have illustrated White's celebrated book, together providing a microcosm of natural history illustration from the eighteenth century until today. In Drawn to Nature, Simon Martin has gathered joyful and beautiful images of the extraordinary array of wildlife described by White, providing an insight into the continuing appeal and relevance of the Natural History. This fascinating account takes us from some of the earliest published depictions of birds and animals, to pioneering nature photography, the revival of wood-engraving in the 1920s and 30s, and responses to White's message about the natural world by contemporary illustrators such as Angie Lewin and Emily Sutton. The book also includes an introduction to the life of Gilbert White by Sir David Attenborough, an essay by Virginia Woolf, poems by modern and contemporary poets, and a jacket design by Mark Hearld.

Ecology and Natural History Collins New Naturalist Library

Ecology and Natural History  Collins New Naturalist Library
Author: David Wilkinson
Publsiher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2021-06-24
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780008293642

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Ecology is the science of ecosystems, of habitats, of our world and its future. In the latest New Naturalist, ecologist David M. Wilkinson explains key ideas of this crucial branch of science, using Britain’s ecosystems to illustrate each point.

The Journals of Gilbert White 1751 1773

The Journals of Gilbert White  1751 1773
Author: Gilbert White
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2024
Genre: Naturalists
ISBN: 0712622616

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