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Alexander Wilson

- Enlightened Naturalist
Af: Edward H. Burtt Engelsk Paperback

Alexander Wilson

- Enlightened Naturalist
Af: Edward H. Burtt Engelsk Paperback
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When talking about the Enlightenment, ornithology is seldom the first topic of conversation. Still, Enlightenment and ornithology converge in one important respect, that of abundance. In our time, new-wave ornithologists have renewed their faith in eighteenth-century expectations for the discovery of a gigantic number of bird species. It is at this intersection between abundant modern science and ambitious Enlightenment ideology that this remarkable collection of five essays on Alexander Wilson (1766-1813), the father of American ornithology, makes its original and delightful contribution. Alexander Wilson: Enlightened Naturalist recovers Wilson’s literary, artistic and musical pursuits, and the cultural contexts of his life in the Scotland of Robert Burns. It also explores Wilson’s scientific and philosophic contribution to American ornithology in American Ornithology; or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States, published in Philadelphia between 1808 and 1814. Alexander Wilson is richly illustrated, links to a web site of audio readings of Wilson’s Scots poems– links that are embedded in the ebook–and includes a tribute to the late Edward H. Burtt, Jr., who died shortly before publication.
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When talking about the Enlightenment, ornithology is seldom the first topic of conversation. Still, Enlightenment and ornithology converge in one important respect, that of abundance. In our time, new-wave ornithologists have renewed their faith in eighteenth-century expectations for the discovery of a gigantic number of bird species. It is at this intersection between abundant modern science and ambitious Enlightenment ideology that this remarkable collection of five essays on Alexander Wilson (1766-1813), the father of American ornithology, makes its original and delightful contribution. Alexander Wilson: Enlightened Naturalist recovers Wilson’s literary, artistic and musical pursuits, and the cultural contexts of his life in the Scotland of Robert Burns. It also explores Wilson’s scientific and philosophic contribution to American ornithology in American Ornithology; or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States, published in Philadelphia between 1808 and 1814. Alexander Wilson is richly illustrated, links to a web site of audio readings of Wilson’s Scots poems– links that are embedded in the ebook–and includes a tribute to the late Edward H. Burtt, Jr., who died shortly before publication.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 232
ISBN-13: 9781611487961
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 161148796X
Kategori: Biografier: skønlitterære forfattere
Udg. Dato: 10 nov 2016
Længde: 13mm
Bredde: 139mm
Højde: 217mm
Forlag: Bucknell University Press
Oplagsdato: 10 nov 2016
Forfatter(e): Edward H. Burtt
Forfatter(e) Edward H. Burtt

Kategori Biografier: skønlitterære forfattere

ISBN-13 9781611487961

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 232

Udgave

Længde 13mm

Bredde 139mm

Højde 217mm

Udg. Dato 10 nov 2016

Oplagsdato 10 nov 2016

Forlag Bucknell University Press