The language of flowers : a history / Beverly Seaton.
The language of flowers : a history / Beverly Seaton.
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Publisher
Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 1995.
Date
1995.
Call Numbers
N398.368213/2
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xii, 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
I. Flowers in the Nineteenth Century -- II. The Sentimental Flower Book and Its Audience -- III. Floral Symbolism -- IV. The Origins of the Language of Flowers: France -- V. Further Developments: England and America -- VI. Love's Truest Language: Readings in the Language of Flowers -- VII. Conclusio...
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Publisher
Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 1995.
Place of Publication
Virginia
Date Published
1995.
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Summary
To place the language of flowers in social and literary perspective, the author examines the nineteenth-century uses of flowers in everyday life and in ceremonies and rituals and provides a brief history of floral symbolism. She also discusses the sentimental flower book, a genre especially intended for female readers. Two especially valuable featu...
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The language of flowers : a history / Beverly Seaton.
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Victorian literature and culture series.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-227) and index.
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N398.368213/2
Record Identifier
74VMBNzOG2jA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMBNzOG2jA
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ISBN
0813915562 (cloth)
9780813915562 (cloth)
DDC
398.368213
MMS ID
991002448839702626
