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 |
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MANCHESTER UNIV Press,
2017
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Table of Contents:
- Botany, sexuality and women's writing 1760-1830: From modest shoot to forward plant; Half Title Page; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 'The sweet flowers that smile in the walk of man': floral femininity and female education; 2 'Unveiling the mysteries of vegetation': botany and the feminine; 3 Sex, class and order in Flora's army; 4 Forward plants and wanton women: botany and sexual anxiety in the late eighteenth century; 5 'Botany in an English dress': British flora and the 'fair daughters of Albion'; Conclusion.
- Appendix 1: Key of the Sexual SystemAppendix 2: Botanical poems by women; Bibliography; Index.
