Travel Writing and the Natural World, 1768–1840

1. Introduction
Paul Smethurst

2. The Scientific Gaze and Museum Order
Paul Smethurst

3. Natural History in the Contact Zone
Paul Smethurst

4. Natural Order: Metaphor and Structure
Paul Smethurst

5. Romantic Technique and Humboldtian Vision
Paul Smethurst

6. Landscape and Nation-Building
Paul Smethurst

7. The English Picturesque as Social Order
Paul Smethurst

8. Natural Sublime and Feminine Sublime
Paul Smethurst

9. Prescribing Nature: William Wordsworth’s Guide Through the Lakes

Paul Smethurst

10. Textual Landscapes and Disappearing Nature
Paul Smethurst

11. Conclusion and Coda
Paul Smethurst

Nyckelord: Literature, Postcolonial/World Literature, Literary Theory, Cultural Theory, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, British and Irish Literature