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

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

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