The poet as botanist /

For centuries, poets have been ensnared - as one of their number, Andrew Marvell put it - by the beauty of flowers. Then, from the middle of the eighteenth century onward, that enjoyment was enriched by a surge of popular interest in botany. Besides exploring the relationship between poetic and scie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mahood, M. M. (Molly Maureen)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Temas:
Darwin, Erasmus, > 1731-1802 > Knowledge > Botany.
Crabbe, George, > 1754-1832 > Knowledge > Botany.
Clare, John, > 1793-1864 > Knowledge > Botany.
Ruskin, John, > 1819-1900 > Knowledge > Botany.
Lawrence, D. H. > (David Herbert), > 1885-1930 > Knowledge > Botany.
Clare, John, > 1793-1864.
Crabbe, George, > 1754-1832.
Darwin, Erasmus, > 1731-1802.
Lawrence, D. H. > (David Herbert), > 1885-1930.
Ruskin, John, > 1819-1900.
English poetry > History and criticism.
Botany in literature.
Nature in literature.
Perception in literature.
Philosophy of nature in literature.
Poésie anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Botanique dans la littérature.
Nature dans la littérature.
Perception dans la littérature.
Philosophie de la nature dans la littérature.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Botany.
English poetry.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Primroses at Dove Cottage and Down House
  • Erasmus Darwin's feeling for the organism
  • Crabbe's slimy mallows and suffocated clover
  • John Clare : bard of the wild flowers
  • Ruskin's flowers of evil
  • D.H. Lawrence, botanist
  • Poetry and photosynthesis.

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