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Author: Rosalind White

I am a first-year PhD student at Royal Holloway looking at gender & emotions in the science & literature of the nineteenth-century. My research looks at how natural history in many ways dwelt within the feminine sphere of Victorian culture. And charts a more intimate, personal exploration of natural history that examines the lives of its practitioners beyond the impact of conventional watersheds.
The Little King of Serpents: A Basilisk in the Archives
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The Little King of Serpents: A Basilisk in the Archives

Posted on December 6, 2017by Rosalind White

I stumbled upon these plates from a gorgeous book entitled An Essay Towards a Natural History of Serpents (1742) and had to share…

Wistful Imaginings: Reframing the Case of the Cottingley Fairies
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Wistful Imaginings: Reframing the Case of the Cottingley Fairies

Posted on November 30, 2017by Rosalind White

The fairy was often thought of as a mode of rebellion against the exactitude of science and technology. This is…

This particular web: a week with George Eliot at Dickens Universe 2017
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This particular web: a week with George Eliot at Dickens Universe 2017

Posted on September 5, 2017by Rosalind White

I at least have so much to do in unravelling certain human lots, and seeing how they were woven and…

The Secret Art of Victorian Fore-edge Painting
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The Secret Art of Victorian Fore-edge Painting

Posted on September 27, 2016by Rosalind White

  They say that beauty is everywhere, often hidden in plain sight. In the case of the lost art of…

Defining Curiosity in the Victorian Era
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Defining Curiosity in the Victorian Era

Posted on September 3, 2016by Rosalind White

What is curiosity? Does it change according to the ebbs and flows of time? While today we might associate it with…

‘A fairyland amongst the wildflowers’, Realism and Romance in the works of Beatrix Potter
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‘A fairyland amongst the wildflowers’, Realism and Romance in the works of Beatrix Potter

Posted on August 18, 2016by Rosalind White

An eager student of both the arts and the sciences Beatrix Potter’s childhood was equally enchanted by the discovery of…

Survival of the Thesis, Writing Advice from Charles Darwin
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Survival of the Thesis, Writing Advice from Charles Darwin

Posted on July 27, 2016by Rosalind White

NB: For more on Charles Darwin’s outlook on human emotion see the article that prompted this post Thomas Dixon’s piece…

Dietary Didacticism in Wonderland
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Dietary Didacticism in Wonderland

Posted on July 2, 2016by Rosalind White

[NB: I wrote this piece for the Journal of Victorian Culture Online for ‘Alice’ Day who have kindly agreed that…

Growing your PhD Research
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Growing your PhD Research

Posted on May 31, 2016by Rosalind White

In the first year of your PhD, thoughts often feel scattered. Your PhD floats around unanchored and sometimes it feels like…

The Victorian Botanical Clock
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The Victorian Botanical Clock

Posted on May 24, 2016by Rosalind White

The botanical clock, or ‘Watch of Flora’, was a garden plan hypothesised by the eighteenth-century naturalist Carl Linnaeus. This ‘pretty fancy…

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