BOTANY, SEXUALITY AND WOMEN'S WRITING, 17601830;FROM MODEST SHOOT TO FORWARD PLANT
MANCHESTER UNIV Press
2017
EISBN 9781526130174
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
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 texts of an extraordinary nature are rescued from obscurity and assigned a proper place in the histories of science, eighteenth-century literature, and women's writing. The result is groundbreaking: the author explores nationality and sexuality debates in r.
Appendix 1: Key of the Sexual SystemAppendix 2: Botanical poems by women; Bibliography; Index
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 texts of an extraordinary nature are rescued from obscurity and assigned a proper place in the histories of science, eighteenth-century literature, and women's writing. The result is groundbreaking: the author explores nationality and sexuality debates in r.
