Botany, Sexuality and Women's Writing, 1760–1830: From Modest Shoot to Forward Plant
Author:   Sam George ,  Rebecca Mortimer
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
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9780719088452


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   30 October 2012
Format:   Paperback
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Botany, Sexuality and Women's Writing, 1760–1830: From Modest Shoot to Forward Plant


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Author:   Sam George ,  Rebecca Mortimer
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9780719088452


ISBN 10:   0719088453
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   30 October 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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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 -- .

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Samantha George teaches eighteenth-century and Romantic period literature in the Department of English Literature at the University of Sheffield

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