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Reimagining Dinosaurs in Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature: How the 'Terrible Lizard' Became a Transatlantic Cultural Icon
Reimagining Dinosaurs in Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature: How the 'Terrible Lizard' Became a Transatlantic Cultural Icon
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In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the term "dinosaur" was widely used to describe extinct reptiles. However, American discoveries of such creatures as Brontosaurus and Triceratops revealed that they were not lizards but rather large animals. Reimagining Dinosaurs in Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature explores the role of literature in making these extinct creatures into cultural icons. Richard Fallon argues that popular authors skillfully related dinosaurs to wider concerns about empire, progress, and faith, and also disparaged elite scientists, undermining distinctions between scientific and imaginative writing. This resulted in fascinating transatlantic controversies about scientific authority.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 303 pages
Publication date: 26 October 2023
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
When the term "dinosaur" was coined in 1842, it referred to fragmentary British fossils. However, American discoveries, such as Brontosaurus and Triceratops, revealed that these so-called "terrible lizards" were not lizards at all. By the 1910s, the term "dinosaur" had become a household word. Reimagining Dinosaurs in Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature delves into the hitherto unexplored fiction and popular journalism that made this scientific term a meaningful one to huge transatlantic readerships. Unlike previous scholars who have focused on displays in American museums, Richard Fallon argues that literature was critical in turning these extinct creatures into cultural icons. Popular authors skillfully related dinosaurs to wider concerns about empire, progress, and faith. Some of the most prominent, such as Arthur Conan Doyle and Henry Neville Hutchinson, also disparaged elite scientists, undermining distinctions between scientific and imaginative writing. The rise of the dinosaurs thus accompanied fascinating transatlantic controversies about scientific authority.
ISBN-13: 9781108984393
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