<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>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.</p></abstract>

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.

Powerful Emblems of Protest: Flower Language and Flower Imagery in the Writings of Margaret Fuller

Gender Studies

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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...

Powerful Emblems of Protest: Flower Language and Flower Imagery in the Writings of Margaret Fuller

Data publikacji: 13 mar 2018

Zakres stron: 1 - 7

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2018-0001

Słowa kluczowe
flower language, flower pieces, gender expectations, Margaret Fuller, self-empowerment

© 2018 Elisabetta Marino, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Powerful Emblems of Protest: Flower Language and Flower Imagery in the Writings of Margaret Fuller

Data publikacji: 13 mar 2018

Zakres stron: 1 - 7

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2018-0001

Słowa kluczoweflower language, flower pieces, gender expectations, Margaret Fuller, self-empowerment

© 2018 Elisabetta Marino, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
flower language, flower pieces, gender expectations, Margaret Fuller, self-empowerment