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Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > Illustration & commercial art > Illustration
From the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century, hundreds
of British women wrote about and drew from nature. Some--like the
beloved children's author Beatrix Potter, who produced natural
history about hedgehogs as well as fiction about rabbits--are still
familiar today. But others have all but disappeared from view.
Barbara Gates recovers these lost works and prints them alongside
little-known pieces by more famous authors, like Potter's field
notes on hedgehogs, reminding us of better known stories that help
set the others in context.
The works contained in this volume are as varied as the women who
produced them. They include passionate essays on the protection of
animals, vivid accounts of travel and adventure from the English
seashore to the Indian Alps, poetry and fiction, and marvelous
tales of nature for children. Special features of the book include
a detailed chronology placing each selection in its historical and
literary context; biographical sketches of each author's life and
works; a comprehensive bibliography of primary and secondary
literature; and over sixty illustrations.
An ideal introduction to women's powerful and diverse responses to
the natural world, "In Nature's Name" will be treasured by anyone
interested in natural history, women, or Victorian and Edwardian
Britain.
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