Flora's Go-betweens: Nectar, Insects, and Flowers in the Romantic Natural History of Pollination.

A boundary-crossing substance connecting flowers and insects, nectar occupied a contested position during the Romantic period, provoking debates regarding who stood most to profit from it: insects or the plants themselves? Such questions also surrounded another floral substance: pollen mediated betw...

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Published in:	Romanticism Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 3 - 22
Main Author:	Hankinson, Alexandra
Format:	Article
Published:	Edinburgh University Press Apr2019
Subjects:	Romantic love in literature Nature in literature Pollination Nectar Darwin, Erasmus, 1731-1802
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost