Powerful Emblems of Protest: Flower Language and Flower Imagery in the Writings of Margaret Fuller
Mar 13, 2018
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Published Online: Mar 13, 2018
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2018-0001
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This essay aims at exploring the controversial and thought-provoking use of flower language and flower imagery in Margaret Fuller’s so-called flower pieces. In a rather unconventional way, this language for women is turned by the writer into a powerful instrument of protest, capable of upsetting stereotypes and common beliefs on women.