Bloom : the botanical vernacular in the English novel /

Starting from the botanical crazes inspired by Linnaeus in the 18th century and exploring the variations it spawned, this study offers a fresh, detailed reading of the courtship novel from Jane Austen to George Eliot and Henry James.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	King, Amy M. (Amy Mae)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Subjects:	English fiction > History and criticism. Botany in literature. Literature and science > Great Britain. Flowers in literature. Plants in literature. English fiction > Themes, motives. Literature and science > England. Roman anglais > Thèmes, motifs. Botanique dans la littérature. Fleurs dans la littérature. Plantes dans la littérature. Littérature et sciences > Angleterre. Roman anglais > Histoire et critique. Littérature et sciences > Grande-Bretagne. LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. English fiction > Themes, motives Botany in literature English fiction Flowers in literature Literature and science Plants in literature England Great Britain Romans. Engels. Plantkunde. Planten. Bloemen. Beeldspraak. Hofmakerij. Litteratur > Engelsk, amerikansk litteratur. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

The Girl and the Water Lily
Linnaeus's Blooms: The Birth of the Botanical Vernacular
Imaginative Literature and the Politics of Botany
Austen's Physicalized Mimesis: Garden, Landscape, Marriageable Girl
Eliot's Vernaculars: Natural Objects and Revisionary Blooms
Inside and Outside the Plot: Rewriting the Bloom Script in James
Coda: Later Bloomings: Molly's Bloom.