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Botany, Sexuality and Women's Writing, 17601830: From Modest Shoot to Forward Plant
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Full Title:
Botany, Sexuality and Women's Writing, 17601830: From Modest Shoot to Forward Plant
Contributors:
By (Author) Sam George
Publisher:
Manchester University Press
Imprint:
Manchester University Press
Publication Date:
30th October 2012
Country:
United Kingdom
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Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
272
Dimensions:
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
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
Author Bio
Samantha George teaches eighteenth-century and Romantic period literature in the Department of English Literature at the University of Sheffield
