qtd. in
Marsh, Jan. Christina Rossetti: A Writer’s Life. Viking, 1995.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Education | Christina Rossetti | CR
was a feisty child, referred to by her father as an angelic little demon. |
| Education | Beatrix Potter | Her teachers were a Scottish nurse (a believer in witches and fairies), governesses, and a visiting teacher of art, Miss Cameron
. Beatrix sketched animals constantly, both at home and at the London Zoo
... |
| Literary Setting | P. L. Travers | A climactic scene at the London Zoo
(where Jane and Michael are transported by Mary Poppins on a night of full moon) presents the usual order of things magically transformed or reversed. The animals are... |
| Literary Setting | Deborah Levy | The detached wryness of this book reminded Lauren Elkin
of Djuna Barnes
. Elkin, Lauren, and Deborah Levy. “Introduction”. Beautiful Mutants and Swallowing Geography. Two Early Novels, Bloomsbury, 2015, p. vii - xiii. x |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Brigid Brophy | She wrote it while living within earshot of the lions roaring at night in London Zoo
. It was reprinted in 1979. British Books in Print. J. Whitaker and Sons, 1874–1987. 1982 |
| Occupation | Alice Dixon Le Plongeon | The photographs she and her husband took later in Yucatán show evidence of the skills she learned while working with her father. For example, to show the scale of the Mayan buildings they often included... |
| Textual Features | Lucy Boston | The stranger is a captive gorilla (based on the London Zoo
's Guy the Gorilla, who was much followed by the media and was a national celebrity among children at the time) who is discovered... |
| Textual Production | Elspeth Huxley | EH
published a picture book called Suki, A Little Tiger, about the immensely popular tiger cub born at the London Zoo
on 26 March 1963 who was bottle-reared after being rejected by her mother. Nicholls, C. S. Elspeth Huxley. HarperCollins, 2002. 355-6 |
Timeline
1826: The Zoological Society of London was founded...
National or international item
1826
The Zoological Society of London
was founded as a scientific body; it admitted women on the same terms as men.
Alic, Margaret. Hypatia’s Heritage: A History of Women in Science. Women’s Press, 1985.
181
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
under Zoology
April 1827: The Regent's Park Zoo, or Zoological Gardens,...
Building item
April 1827
The Regent's Park Zoo
, or Zoological Gardens, opened, with restricted access and greater emphasis on science than on spectacle.
Jones, Robert W. “‘The Sight of Creatures Strange to Our Clime’: London Zoo and the Consumption of the Exotic”. Journal of Victorian Culture, No. 1, 1997, pp. 1-26.
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Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
under Zoology
Summer 1850: The phenomenally popular hippopotamus Obaysch,...
Building item
Summer 1850
The phenomenally popular hippopotamus Obaysch, who became a national institution, arrived at Regent's Park Zoo
.
Jones, Robert W. “‘The Sight of Creatures Strange to Our Clime’: London Zoo and the Consumption of the Exotic”. Journal of Victorian Culture, No. 1, 1997, pp. 1-26.
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1853: The first public aquarium was stocked at...
Building item
1853
The first public aquarium was stocked at the Royal Zoological Gardens
, Regent's Park.
Brock, William H. Science for All: Studies in the History of Victorian Science and Education. Variorum, 1996.
VII: 29
1865: The beloved African elephant Jumbo arrived...
Building item
1865
The beloved African elephant Jumbo arrived at Regent's Park Zoo
.
Jones, Robert W. “‘The Sight of Creatures Strange to Our Clime’: London Zoo and the Consumption of the Exotic”. Journal of Victorian Culture, No. 1, 1997, pp. 1-26.
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Early 1882: The sale of the Regent's Park Zoo's elephant...
Building item
Early 1882
The sale of the Regent's Park Zoo
's elephant Jumbo to P.T. Barnum's circus gave rise to a loud protest in the newspapers.
Jones, Robert W. “‘The Sight of Creatures Strange to Our Clime’: London Zoo and the Consumption of the Exotic”. Journal of Victorian Culture, No. 1, 1997, pp. 1-26.
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14 May 2013: The Zoological Society of London (better...
Writing climate item
14 May 2013
The Zoological Society of London
(better known as the London Zoo
) launched a series of Writers Talks, in which a professuonal writer joined with a scientist and a zoo-keeper to talk about a particular...
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