『Victorian Sensation: The Extraordinary Publication, Reception, and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation』

James A. Secord

(2000年刊行,University of Chicago Press,ISBN:0226744108 [hbk] / ISBN:0226744116 [pbk] )



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【目次】
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xv
List of Abbreviations xix

Prologue: Devils or Angels 1

Part One: Romances of Creation

1. A Great Sensation 9
2. Steam Reading 41
3. Evolution for the People 77
4. Marketing Speculation 111

Part Two: Geographies of Reading

5. Conversations on Creation 155
6. Science in the City 191
7. Church in Danger 222
8. The Holy War 261

Part Three: Spiritual Journeys

9. Sinners and Saints 299
10. Self-Development 336
11. Anonymity 364

Part Four: Futures of Science

12. The Paradoxes of Gentility 403
13. Grub Street Science 437
14. Mammon and the New Reformation 471
Epilogue: Lifting the Veil 515

References 533
Illustration Credits 583
Index 585