Women, Literature, and the Domesticated Landscape
England's Disciples of Flora, 1780-1870
By Judith W. Page,Elise Lawton Smith | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
About the book
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.
Editions of Women, Literature, and the Domesticated Landscape
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780521768658
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- ISBN 9781107420236
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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.
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What is Women, Literature, and the Domesticated Landscape about?
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.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Women, Literature, and the Domesticated Landscape?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Literature: history and criticism > Literary studies: general > Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Women, Literature, and the Domesticated Landscape?
Judith W. Page,Elise Lawton Smith
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Women, Literature, and the Domesticated Landscape is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780521768658) and paperback(ISBN 9781107420236)