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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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Privacy in literature, English Domestic fiction, Gardening in literature, English literature, History and criticism, Home in literature, Women authors, Women and literature, Gardens in literature, Gardens, History, English literature, history and criticism, 18th century, English fiction, history and criticism, 19th century, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Tuinen, Bellettrie, Engels, VrouwenPlaces
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WOMEN, LITERATURE, AND THE DOMESTICATED LANDSCAPE: ENGLAND'S DISCIPLES OF FLORA, 1780-1870
2011, Cambridge University Press
in English
0521768659 9780521768658
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-307) and index.
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