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

From Modest Shoot to Forward Plant

Auteurs

• Sam George

Paramètres

• Pages: 272 pages
• Temps de lecture: 10 heures

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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.

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• Année de publication: 2012
• Reliure: (souple)