Victorian culture was characterized by a proliferation of shows and exhibitions. These were encouraged by the development of new sciences and technologies, toge

Tracing the continuities and trends in the complex relationship between literature and science in the long nineteenth century, this companion provides scholars

This edited collection focuses on performance practice and analysis that engages with medical and biomedical sciences. After locating the 'biologization' of the

The contentious science of phrenology once promised insight into character and intellect through external 'reading' of the head. In the transforming settler-col

On March 23, 1844, General Tom Thumb, just 25 inches tall, entered the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace and bowed low to Queen Victoria. On both sides of th