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

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 ste...

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Main Author: Marino Elisabetta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-12-01
Series:Gender Studies
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/genst.2018.16.issue-1/genst-2018-0001/genst-2018-0001.xml?format=INT