Botany, sexuality and women's writing, 1760-1830 : from modest shoot to forward plant / / Sam George
| Botany, sexuality and women's writing, 1760-1830 : from modest shoot to forward plant / / Sam George |
| Autore | George Sam, Dr. |
| Edizione | [Paperback edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 261 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s) |
| Disciplina | 809.9355808209033 |
| Soggetto topico |
Botanical literature - Authorship - History - 18th century
Botanical literature - History and criticism Plants, Sex in Women botanists - History - 18th century Botany in literature - History - 18th century Literature Literary Theory LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh` Ireland |
| Soggetto non controllato |
British women's engagement
Carl Linnaeus Collinsonia Erasmus Darwin Linnaean Sexual System Linnaean classification Mary Wollstonecraft botanical classification botanical literature eighteenth-century Britain female mind female modesty floristry plant sexuality sexual anxiety |
| ISBN | 1-5261-3017-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | List of figures -- 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 -- Appendices: Botanical poems by women -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796417503321 |
George Sam, Dr.
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| Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Botany, sexuality and women's writing, 1760-1830 : from modest shoot to forward plant / / Sam George
| Botany, sexuality and women's writing, 1760-1830 : from modest shoot to forward plant / / Sam George |
| Autore | George Sam, Dr. |
| Edizione | [Paperback edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 261 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s) |
| Disciplina | 809.9355808209033 |
| Soggetto topico |
Botanical literature - Authorship - History - 18th century
Botanical literature - History and criticism Plants, Sex in Women botanists - History - 18th century Botany in literature - History - 18th century Literature Literary Theory LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh` Ireland |
| Soggetto non controllato |
British women's engagement
Carl Linnaeus Collinsonia Erasmus Darwin Linnaean Sexual System Linnaean classification Mary Wollstonecraft botanical classification botanical literature eighteenth-century Britain female mind female modesty floristry plant sexuality sexual anxiety |
| ISBN | 1-5261-3017-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | List of figures -- 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 -- Appendices: Botanical poems by women -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815433003321 |
George Sam, Dr.
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| Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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