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Bloom

- The Botanical Vernacular in the English Novel

About Bloom

Starting from the botanical craze inspired by Linnaeus in the18th century, and exploring the variations it spawned - natural history, landscape architecture, polemical battles over botany's prurience - this study offers a fresh, detailed reading of the courtship novel from Jane Austen to George Eliot and Henry James.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780195161519
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 288
  • Published:
  • October 8, 2003
  • Dimensions:
  • 234x155x31 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 558 g.
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: September 14, 2025

Description of Bloom

Starting from the botanical craze inspired by Linnaeus in the18th century, and exploring the variations it spawned - natural history, landscape architecture, polemical battles over botany's prurience - this study offers a fresh, detailed reading of the courtship novel from Jane Austen to George Eliot and Henry James.

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