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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809178903321

Autore

Chang Elizabeth Hope

Titolo

Novel cultivations : plants in British literature of the global nineteenth century / / Elizabeth Hope Chang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville ; ; London : , : University of Virginia Press, , 2019

ISBN

0-8139-4249-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 pages)

Disciplina

823.809

Soggetti

English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

Plants in literature

Nature in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Detecting the global plant specimen -- Strange city gardens -- Strange country gardens -- Acclimatization abroad -- The sentient specimen returns.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book looks at the transnational circulation of both people and plants as a feature of Victorian speculative fiction"--