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Zusatztext The Flower of Empire adds to a blossoming genre of cultural studies that traces the movements of single objects of natural history within their historical contexts. Tatiana Holway offers a highly engaging, synthetic account of the Victorian British obsession over the gigantic South American water lily known today as Victoria amazonica (Sowerby), hitherto treated in limited analyses of its discovery, classification, acclimatization and usage in architectural design. As a Dickens scholar, Holway builds upon Victorian literary perspectives as well as a rich historical scholarship and new archival research. Informationen zum Autor Tatiana Holway is a Victorian scholar and writer. She received her Ph.D. from Columbia University and has taught literature at a number of different colleges. She lives in Massachusetts. Klappentext The fascinating story of the massive Amazonian water lily! the Victoria regia! from its discovery in the wilds of British Guiana in 1837 to its metamorphosis into a symbol of Victorian culture and of the British Empire itself Zusammenfassung The fascinating story of the massive Amazonian water lily, the Victoria regia, from its discovery in the wilds of British Guiana in 1837 to its metamorphosis into a symbol of Victorian culture and of the British Empire itself Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue: Victoria's Floras; 1. Terra Incognita; 2. Perils and Wonders; 3. A Floral Sensation; 4. An International Tempest; 5. Return to the Wild; 6. Cultivating Kew Gardens; 7. His Grace and His Gardener; 8. The Flowering of Chatsworth; 9. Golden Square; 10. Evergreens; 11. Salvaging Kew Gardens; 12. Trading Favors; 13. Trials and Errors; 14. The Great Stove; 15. Reviving Kew Gardens; 16. Return to El Dorado; 17. Paxton! Inc.; 18. First Bloom; 19. Nature's Engineer; 20. Empire under Glass; Epilogue: Victoria Regia Redux; Notes; Bibliography
