Edwards, Stephen
(2001). The accumulation of knowledge or, William Whewell's eye.
In: Purbrick, Louise ed.
The Great Exhibition of 1851: New Interdisciplinary Essays.
Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 26–52.
Abstract
This essay focuses on a Punch cartoon and article on the 1851 exhibition by a leading scientific intellectual of the time. It centres on the exhibition as a site for the emergence of middle-class expertise. In particular, it is concerned with the production of a disembodied viewer as objective witness. While it does draw on archival work, it is an inventive piece of reading and methodological speculation.
| Item Type: |
Book Chapter
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| ISBN: |
0-7190-5591-1, 978-0-7190-5591-1 |
| Keywords: |
Great Exhibition, Punch, William Whewell, middle class |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Arts > Art History |
| Item ID: |
8018 |
| Depositing User: |
Stephen Edwards
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| Date Deposited: |
14 Jun 2007 |
| Last Modified: |
02 Dec 2010 20:00 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/8018 |
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