The Earth on Show

Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Science as Literature

Part I: Building the Story
1. Enter the Mammoth
2. William Buckland: Antiquary and Wizard
3. Lizards and Literalists
4. Lyell Steps In

Part II: Staging the Show
5. Marketing Geology
6. Polite Science and Narrative Form
7. Time Travel and Virtual Tourism in the Age of John Martin
8. Literary Monsters
9. Scenes and Legends from Deep Time
10. Hugh Miller and the Geologic Diorama

Epilogue: New Mythologies of the Ancient Earth
Appendix: Currencies, and Sizes of Books
Works Cited
Credits
Index