Women, Literature, and the Domesticated Landscape

Name: Women, Literature, and the Domesticated Landscape
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England's Disciples of Flora, 1780-1870

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Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture

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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.

Author Biography:

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.

Release date Australia

March 27th, 2014

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Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Illustrations

72 Halftones, unspecified

Imprint

Cambridge University Press

Pages

338

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Series

Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture

Dimensions

170x244x18

ISBN-13

9781107420236

Product ID

22116943

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