Takashi Ito, London Zoo and the Victorians, 1828–1859

At the beginning of Wilkie Collins’s Heart and Science (1883), the heroine visits the London Zoological Gardens with her fiancé. But the London zoo is not only a romantic site where young middle-class people flirt. If the young maiden enjoys looking at the birds, the mad scientist of the novel, Dr...

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Auteur principal: Talairach-Vielmas, Laurence
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:miranda_6413 https://doi.org/10.4000/miranda.6413 urn:doi:10.4000/miranda.6413 en https://journals.openedition.org/miranda/6413 2015-03-13T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess review info:eu-repo/semantics/review urn:handle:20.500.13089/ibrb https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Takashi Ito, London Zoo and the Victorians, 1828–1859 At the beginning of Wilkie Collins’s Heart and Science (1883), the heroine visits the London Zoological Gardens with her fiancé. But the London zoo is not only a romantic site where young middle-class people flirt. If the young maiden enjoys looking at the birds, the mad scientist of the novel, Dr Benjulia, also roams the Zoological Gardens in search of animals to experiment on. Collins’s description of the London Zoological Gardens as both symbol of urban leisure and scientific knowledge is... Miranda Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2108-6559 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/miranda Talairach-Vielmas, Laurence science animaux dix-neuvième siècle Société zoologique de Londres Zoo de Londres science animals London Zoo London Zoological Society nineteenth century
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topic science
animaux
dix-neuvième siècle
Société zoologique de Londres
Zoo de Londres
science
animals
London Zoo
London Zoological Society
nineteenth century
spellingShingle science
animaux
dix-neuvième siècle
Société zoologique de Londres
Zoo de Londres
science
animals
London Zoo
London Zoological Society
nineteenth century
Talairach-Vielmas, Laurence
Takashi Ito, London Zoo and the Victorians, 1828–1859
description At the beginning of Wilkie Collins’s Heart and Science (1883), the heroine visits the London Zoological Gardens with her fiancé. But the London zoo is not only a romantic site where young middle-class people flirt. If the young maiden enjoys looking at the birds, the mad scientist of the novel, Dr Benjulia, also roams the Zoological Gardens in search of animals to experiment on. Collins’s description of the London Zoological Gardens as both symbol of urban leisure and scientific knowledge is...
author Talairach-Vielmas, Laurence
author_facet Talairach-Vielmas, Laurence
author_sort Talairach-Vielmas, Laurence
title Takashi Ito, London Zoo and the Victorians, 1828–1859
title_short Takashi Ito, London Zoo and the Victorians, 1828–1859
title_full Takashi Ito, London Zoo and the Victorians, 1828–1859
title_fullStr Takashi Ito, London Zoo and the Victorians, 1828–1859
title_full_unstemmed Takashi Ito, London Zoo and the Victorians, 1828–1859
title_sort takashi ito, london zoo and the victorians, 1828–1859
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