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Good Observers of Nature: American Women and the Scientific Study of the Natural World, 1820-1885
Tina Gianquitto
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Hardcover. Examines 19th-century American women's intellectual and aesthetic experience of nature; and investigates the linguistic, perceptual, and scientific systems that were available to women to describe those experiences. This work focuses on 4 writers and their influential works: Almira Phelps, Margaret Fuller, Susan Fenimore Cooper and Mary Treat. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; JFSJ1; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
In ""Good Observers of Nature"", Tina Gianquitto examines nineteenth-century American women's intellectual and aesthetic experience of nature and investigates the linguistic, perceptual, and scientific systems that were available to women to describe those experiences. Many women writers of this period used the natural world as a platform for discussing issues of domesticity, education, and the nation. To what extent, asks Gianquitto, did these writers challenge the prevalent sentimental narrative modes (like those used in the popular flower language books) and use scientific terminology to describe the world around them? The book maps the intersections of the main historical and narrative ... Read more
In ""Good Observers of Nature"", Tina Gianquitto examines nineteenth-century American women's intellectual and aesthetic experience of nature and investigates the linguistic, perceptual, and scientific systems that were available to women to describe those experiences. Many women writers of this period used the natural world as a platform for discussing issues of domesticity, education, and the nation. To what extent, asks Gianquitto, did these writers challenge the prevalent sentimental narrative modes (like those used in the popular flower language books) and use scientific terminology to describe the world around them? The book maps the intersections of the main historical and narrative ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820329185
SKU
V9780820329185
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