Botany, sexuality and women's writing, 17601830;from modest shoot to forward plant.

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 discover...

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Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: MANCHESTER : MANCHESTER UNIV Press 2017.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1vwmdrr