Abstract
Examines the adaptations of Carl Linnaeus' "Systema Naturae," which introduced a new classification system of plants based on a sexual system of botany, by William Withering, Erasmus Darwin and Anna Seward. Use of botany not only for conservative but also subversive social and political ends; Fear by moralists that descriptions of the promiscuity of plant life might offend female delicacy; Withering's disguise of the sexual character of the Linnaean classes and orders.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 191-210 |
Journal | Comparative Critical Studies |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 2005 |