De Ritter, R orcid.org/0000-0002-2877-5137 (2018) ‘Wonderful Objects’ and ‘Disagreeable Operations’: Encountering the Leverian Museum in Writing for Children, 1800‐05. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 41 (3). pp. 427-445. ISSN 1754-0194
Abstract
The Leverian Museum was one of the eighteenth century’s most important natural history collections. While its significance has been discussed from a range of perspectives, little attention has been paid to the museum’s representation in children’s literature. This article examines two such works: The School-Room Party (1800) and Visits to the Leverian (c. 1805). Driven by pedagogic agendas, these texts suggest that the museum could challenge, as well as inform, its visitors. Focussing on the affective and ethical responses that the museum elicits, this article proposes that these works complicate and enrich current understandings of the period’s writing for children.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 British Society for Eighteenth‐Century Studies. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: ,De Ritter, R (2018) ‘Wonderful Objects’ and ‘Disagreeable Operations’: Encountering the Leverian Museum in Writing for Children, 1800-1805. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 41 (3). pp. 427-445 which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/1754-0208.12561. This article may be used for noncommercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Leverian Museum; children’s literature; natural history; wonder; taxidermy |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of English (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 01 May 2018 10:57 |
Last Modified: | 27 Jan 2021 11:25 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/1754-0208.12561 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:130308 |