Women, Literature, and the Domesticated Landscape

England's Disciples of Flora, 1780-1870

AvJudith W. Page,Elise L. Smith

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Combining an analysis of literature and art, this book contends that the 'domesticated landscape' is key to understanding women's complex negotiation of private and public life in a period of revolution and transition. As more women became engaged in horticultural and botanical pursuits, the meaning of gardens - recognized here both as sites of pleasure and labor, and as conceptual and symbolic spaces - became more complex. Women writers and artists often used gardens to educate their readers, to enter into political and cultural debates, and to signal moments of intellectual and spiritual insight. Gardens functioned as a protected vantage point for women, providing them with a new language and authority to negotiate between domestic space and the larger world. Although this more expansive form of domesticity still highlighted the virtues associated with the feminized home, it also promised a wider field of action, re-centering domesticity outward.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-03-27
Mått:170 x 244 x 18 mm
Vikt:540 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
Antal sidor:338
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781107420236

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Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

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Judith W. Page is Professor of English and Waldo W. Neikirk Term Professor of Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida, where she also serves as Interim Director of the Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research. Elise L. Smith is Professor of Art History and Sanderson Chair in Arts and Sciences at Millsaps College, Mississippi.

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'This volume will be useful to a wide range of readers. Scholars of the genre will delight in the richness of the textual references and use of illustrations to ground the discussions.' Romantic Circles

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; Part I. Moral Order: The School of Nature: 1. 'In the home garden': moral tales for children; 2. The 'botanic eye': botany, miniature, and magnification; Part II. The Visual Frame: Constructing a View: 3. Picturing the 'home landscape': the nature of accomplishment; 4. Commanding a view: the Taylor sisters and the construction of domestic space; Part III. Personal Practice: Making Gardens Grow: 5. Dorothy Wordsworth: gardening, self-fashioning, and creation of home; 6. 'Work in a small compass': gardening manuals for women; Part IV. Narrative Strategies: Plotting the Garden: 7. 'Unbought pleasure': gardening in Cœlebs in Search of a Wife and Mansfield Park; 8. Margaret Oliphant's Chronicles of Carlingford and the meaning of Victorian gardens; Epilogue.