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Introduction to Special Issue: The New Natural History

Introduction to Special Issue: The New Natural History michael boyden Uppsala University Introduction to Special Issue The New Natural History The last decade or so has witnessed an upsurge in publications by early Americanists on the topic of natural history in the American colonies. Scholars such as Andrew Lewis, Ralph Bauer, Thomas Hallock, Christoph Irmscher, Christopher Iannini, Susan Scott Parrish, Monique Allewaert, Michael Ziser, Kelly Wisecup, Sari Altschuler, Michelle Currie Navakas, and Greta LaFleur—the list is nonexhaustive—have all produced valuable scholarship on various aspects of natural history in early America. Beyond the scientific treatises cataloguing fauna and flora that we conv -en tionally associate with the domain of natural history, this includes writings as diverse as early novels and travel writing, sermons, and captivity na - r ratives, as well as pastoral and georgic poetry, along with orally tra - nsmit ted knowledge and the actual collecting of specimens and curios- a (Par rish 18–19). No doubt, the opening up of this exciting archive goes a long way in explaining the renewed interest in what once might have seemed a somewhat sterile research topic. But beyond the exploration of archival resources, there are other reasons for this resurgence of natural history research at the present moment that http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Early American Literature University of North Carolina Press

Introduction to Special Issue: The New Natural History

Boyden, Michael
Early American Literature , Volume 54 (3) – Oct 7, 2019
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michael boyden Uppsala University Introduction to Special Issue The New Natural History The last decade or so has witnessed an upsurge in publications by early Americanists on the topic of natural history in the American colonies. Scholars such as Andrew Lewis, Ralph Bauer, Thomas Hallock, Christoph Irmscher, Christopher Iannini, Susan Scott Parrish, Monique Allewaert, Michael Ziser, Kelly Wisecup, Sari Altschuler, Michelle Currie Navakas, and Greta LaFleur—the list is nonexhaustive—have all produced valuable scholarship on various aspects of natural history in early America. Beyond the scientific treatises cataloguing fauna and flora that we conv -en tionally associate with the domain of natural history, this includes writings as diverse as early novels and travel writing, sermons, and captivity na - r ratives, as well as pastoral and georgic poetry, along with orally tra - nsmit ted knowledge and the actual collecting of specimens and curios- a (Par rish 18–19). No doubt, the opening up of this exciting archive goes a long way in explaining the renewed interest in what once might have seemed a somewhat sterile research topic. But beyond the exploration of archival resources, there are other reasons for this resurgence of natural history research at the present moment that

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Published: Oct 7, 2019

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