Botany, sexuality and women's writing, 1760–1830

Botany, sexuality and women's writing, 1760–1830In this fascinating study, Samantha George explores the cultivation of the female mind and the feminised discourse of botanical literature in eighteenth century Britain. In particular, she discusses British womens engagement with the Swedish botanist, Carl Linnaeus, and his unsettling discovery of plant sexuality. Previously ignored primary texts of an extraordinary nature are rescued from obscurity and assigned a proper place in the histories of

By following Grundy’s career

Marian McCurdy considers the ethical desire of refusing to act – which results from blurred boundaries of acting and living – and examines how real life and performance are intertwined

defeated the Holy Roman Emperor in battle and turned the tide of the so-called Investiture Contest

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Concerns about people's resistance to facts and knowledge are becoming increasingly serious

This invaluable study reveals how practices for treating the loss of limbs in early modern Germany transformed western medicine

The book deals with the political challenges of liberalisation and privatisation that needed to be in place in order for these technologies to be built

The audiobook version of Economics for People and the Planet features new chapters on the Green New Deal and the environmental costs of inequality

A practical easy-to-read guide written by lecturers to help undergraduate students get the most out of their English and Creative Writing degrees

Rosebud Sleds and Horses’ Heads presents incisive discussion of fifty of the most significant objects in cinema history and explores their importance within their films and within the popular imagination

The book presents the dramatised history documentaries aired by British public service broadcasters in the 2000s constitute a televisual genre in their own right

introducing the reader to the non-metropolitan theatre spaces which formed a vital part of early modern dramatic activity