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Botany, sexuality and women's writing, 1760–1830: From modest shoot to forward plant

Year: 2008

Type: book

Abstract: 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

Source: University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire)

Author: S. Veliyil George

Language: English

Topic: History of Science and Natural History

Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Gender equality

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1525181463

FWCI: 3.086

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