Thesis
Performing scientific naturalism: the popular scientific lecture and Victorian culture, c. 1860-1890
- Abstract:
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This thesis situates popular science lectures within broader Victorian cultures of public speech. In so doing, it argues that scientific naturalists such as Thomas Henry Huxley, John Tyndall and Robert Stawell Ball, adopted the lecture form as a specific tool with which to persuade the public of the validity of empirical scientific methods. It establishes a literary theoretical, and historical framework through which the textual versions of their performances should be read, highlighting t...
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+ Shuttleworth, S
Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
St Anne's College
Role:
Supervisor
Funding
Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- UUID:
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- Deposit date:
- 2017-07-09
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- Copyright holder:
- Hanks, S
- Copyright date:
- 2016
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