The Botanic Garden. Part 2, Containing the Loves of the Plants. A Poem. by Darwin
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"The Botanic Garden. Part 2, Containing the Loves of the Plants. A Poem." by Erasmus Darwin is a poem published in 1789. This imaginative work transforms botanical science into verse, celebrating Linnaeus's classification of plants through vivid, sexualized metaphors that anthropomorphize flora. Darwin defends the idea that plants reproduce sexually, making scientific concepts accessible and entertaining to general readers. By blending poetry with natural history, he creates one of the first works
of popular science, emphasizing connections between humanity and nature while laying groundwork for evolutionary thinking that his grandson Charles would later develop. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Darwin, Erasmus, 1731-1802 |
|---|---|
| Title |
The Botanic Garden. Part 2, Containing the Loves of the Plants. A Poem. With Philosophical Notes. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Botanic_Garden |
| Credits | Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Jayam Subramanian and PG Distributed Proofreaders |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 59.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Natural history |
| Subject | Plants -- Poetry |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 10671 |
| Release Date | Jan 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 723 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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