Botany, sexuality and women's writing, 17601830;from modest shoot to forward plant.

Botany, sexuality and women's writing, 17601830;from modest shoot to forward plant.

In this fascinating study, Samantha George explores the cultivation of the female mind and the feminised discourse of botanical literature in eighteenth-century Britain. In particular, she discusses British women's engagement with the Swedish botanist, Carl Linnaeus, and his unsettling discover...

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Language:English
Published: MANCHESTER : MANCHESTER UNIV Press, 2017
Subjects:
Linné, Carl von, > 1707-1778 > Influence.
Botanical literature > Women authors > History > 18th century.
Botany in literature > History > 18th century.
Women botanists > History > 18th century.
Plants, Sex in > Early works to 1800.
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