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“A Perfect World of Wonders”: Marianne North and the Pleasures and Pursuits of Botany (2017)

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Narin Hassan’s essay reads the archive of botanical work by Marianne North as an alternate form of scientific practice—one that valued the subjective, sensory experience of the observer over more systematic and institutionalized forms of botanic observation. At a time when botany was increasingly associated with masculine and imperialist agendas, Hassan shows that North’s paintings and life writing, which often focus on aesthetic pleasure, offered a significant counterpoint to the dominant discourse of modern science and demonstrated an early sensitivity to environmental ethics in the pursuit of scientific knowledge. Ultimately, Hassan reveals that North resists easy classification across a range of nineteenth-century domains, whether related to gender, travel, science, or empire, thereby challenging the definitional logic underlying these categories. (From Introduction, page 9)

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Authors & Contributors
Morton-Evans, Christine
Tchikine, Anatole
Simonini, G.
Cahalan, Sarah Burke
Bean, Anthony R.
Loskutova, Marina
Concepts
Collectors and collecting
Botany
Travel; exploration
Science and art
Science and culture
Natural history
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century, early
20th century
17th century
16th century
Places
Atlantic world
Pacific Northwest (North America)
Atlantic Ocean
Norfolk (England)
Scotland
United States
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