Blooming Flowers A Seasonal History of Plants and People

Ranging through the centuries and across the globe, Kasia Boddy explores the importance of flowers from their associations in perfumes and paintings to their use in social and political ritual. She moves through the seasons to consider how and why the sunflower, poppy, geranium?and many others?matter so much to us.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Kasia Boddy teaches American literature at the University of Cambridge. Her other books include Boxing: A Cultural History, The American Short Story Since 1950, and Geranium.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Kasia Boddy, Boddy Kasia
• Verlag: Yale University Press Ltd
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.04.2022
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Biologie
• EAN: 9780300264791
• ISBN: 978-0-300-26479-1
• Anzahl Seiten: 272
• Themen: floral, NATURE / Plants / General, Ancient Greece, Florist, HISTORY / World, General & world history, Roses, Trees, wildflowers & plants, General and world history, Literary History, Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest, colonial, The Earth: Natural History General, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Horticulture, Mother's Day, Tulips, Cultivation, beautiful book;book for flower lovers;history of flowers;international appeal;flowers in literature;book for gardener;mother's day;horticulture;florist;floral;literary history;cultural historian;colonial;cultivation;ancient greece;tulips;marigolds;ro, daisies, book for flower lovers, cultural historian, flowers in literature, book for gardener, marigolds, history of flowers, international appeal