{"product_id":"radical-science-plants-agency-and-nineteenth-century-british-narrative-hardcover","title":"Radical Science: Plants, Agency, and Nineteenth-Century British Narrative - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Bowden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan plants move? Can they think? Can they act? In \u003ci\u003eRadical Science, \u003c\/i\u003e Mary Bowden shows that debates about plants' capabilities are not new but can be traced to the nineteenth century, where they moved from scientific inquiries to popular articles and literary fiction. Examining the work of nineteenth-century physiological botanists, Bowden expands beyond Charles Darwin's work in the field to uncover the full story of these debates and the impacts they had on literature, culture, and people. While many have interpreted the frequent comparisons between plants and people in nineteenth-century literature to be exemplary of aesthetic values or sexual symbolism, Bowden maintains that comparisons between plants and women, members of the working class, and people of color reiterate botanical debates about how to recognize agency in beings that are assumed to be passive. Studying the scientific texts of Darwin and Maria Elizabetha Jacson alongside social problem novels by Elizabeth Gaskell and Charles Kingsley and early science fiction by H. G. Wells, \u003ci\u003eRadical Science\u003c\/i\u003e foregrounds the connection between science and literature and ultimately suggests that we look to the propositions of nineteenth-century physiological botany to find more sustaining models of social and environmental relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Bowden is Assistant Professor at the University of Delaware. Her articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eVictorian Literature and Culture, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVictorian Review.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 214\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 16, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43338703929433,"sku":"9780814216095","price":132.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6465\/9545\/files\/mIuv4L5wl59780814216095.webp?v=1779426924","url":"https:\/\/warrenssanctuaryofthemind.myshopify.com\/fr\/products\/radical-science-plants-agency-and-nineteenth-century-british-narrative-hardcover","provider":"Warren's sanctuary of the mind","version":"1.0","type":"link"}