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dc.contributor.advisorWest, Nancy Martha, 1963-eng
dc.contributor.authorGreen, Joseph D., 1963-eng
dc.coverage.temporal1800-1899eng
dc.date.issued2009eng
dc.date.submitted2009 Falleng
dc.descriptionThe entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file.eng
dc.descriptionTitle from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on January 26, 2011).eng
dc.descriptionThesis advisor: Dr. Nancy West.eng
dc.descriptionVita.eng
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.eng
dc.descriptionPh. D. University of Missouri--Columbia 2009.eng
dc.descriptionDissertations, Academic -- University of Missouri--Columbia -- English.eng
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation explores the merging of two unlikely literary - natural history writing and fantasy - as a subgenre of mid - to late nineteenth century British children's literature. Tailoring natural history for children, the religiously-motivated writers discussed in this study desired to instill in their readers a respect and appreciation for nature. As the nineteenth century advanced, the natural world for many Victorians slowly lost its moral and divine significance in the face of rapid economic, technological, and scientific change. From the natural theology of Margaret Gatty to the providence-guided evolution of Charles Kingsley to the spirituality of Arabella Buckley, I contend that these writers coupled fantasy with science and natural history to invest nature again with the wonder and mystery that modernity had taken away.eng
dc.identifier.oclc698377976eng
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.32469/10355/9859eng
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10355/9859
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertationseng
dc.rightsOpenAccess.eng
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.
dc.subject.lcshGatty, Alfred, Mrs., 1809-1873eng
dc.subject.lcshKingsley, Charles, 1819-1875eng
dc.subject.lcshNature in literatureeng
dc.subject.lcshFantasy in literatureeng
dc.subject.lcshBuckley, Arabella B. (Arabella Burton), 1840-1929eng
dc.subject.lcshChildren's literature, English -- History and criticismeng
dc.title"The great fairy science" : the marriage of natural history and fantasy in Victorian children's literatureeng
dc.typeThesiseng
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglish (MU)eng
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
thesis.degree.levelDoctoraleng
thesis.degree.namePh. D.eng


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