1st Edition

Women Poets in the Victorian Era Cultural Practices and Nature Poetry

By Fabienne Moine Copyright 2015
314 Pages
by Routledge

314 Pages
by Routledge

314 Pages
by Routledge

Examining the place of nature in Victorian women's poetry, Fabienne Moine explores the work of canonical and long-neglected women poets to show the myriad connections between women and nature during the period. At the same time, she challenges essentialist discourses that assume innate affinities between women and the natural world. Rather, Moine shows, Victorian women poets mobilised these... Read more

Table of Contents:



Introduction



1 A Woman's Place is in the Garden



2 Saying it with Flowers



3 Digging for Identity



4 Manipulating the Animal



5 Science with a Conscience



Conclusion



 

Biography

Fabienne Moine is Senior Lecturer in English at University of Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense, France.