Botany, Sexuality and Women's Writing, 1760-1830

From Modest Shoot to Forward Plant

Autor*innen

• Sam George

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• 272 Seiten
• 10 Lesestunden

• Karten & Reisen
• Kunst & Kultur
• Über Literatur

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Focusing on the intersection of gender and botany, this study delves into the role of women in eighteenth-century British botanical literature. Samantha George examines their engagement with Carl Linnaeus's groundbreaking ideas on plant sexuality, highlighting how these discussions contributed to the cultivation of the female intellect and a unique feminized discourse within the scientific community of the time.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Einband: Paperback