Botany, sexuality and women's writing, 1760–1830: from modest shoot to forward plant
Auteur :
George, Sam
Éditeur :
Manchester University Press
ISBN :
9780719088452
Date de publication :
30 oct. 2012
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
386 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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 discovery of plant sexuality.Previously ignored primary tex