The author traces the phenomenon of ascribing sentimental meaning to floral imagery from its beginnings in Napoleonic France through its later transformations in England and America. At the heart of the book is a depiction of what the three most important flower books from each of the countries divulge about the period and the respective cultures. Seaton shows that the language of flowers was not a single and universally understood correlation of flowers to meanings that men and women used to communicate in matters of love and romance. The language differs from book to book, country to country. To place the language of flowers in social and literary perspective, the author examines the nineteenth-century uses of flowers in everyday life and in ceremonies and rituals and provides a brief history of floral symbolism. She also discusses the sentimental flower book, a genre especially intended for female readers. Two especially valuable features of the book are its table of correlations of flowers and their meanings from different sourcebooks and its complete bibliography of language of flower titles. This book will appeal not only to scholars in Victorian studies and women's studies but also to art historians, book collectors, museum curators, historians of horticulture, and anyone interested in nineteenth-century popular culture.
What happens to the patient, to the family, and how do you cope when cancer strikes? Author Beverly Seaton Ingersoll shares in 4 Months of God's Mercy the intimate, emotional, and at times funny situations that happened during her journey. Larry, a highly decorated war hero, always in control, finds that for the first time in his life he has control over nothing. Knowing his time on earth is quickly ending he relies completely on God's mercy to see him through and let him die with dignity. 4 Months of God's Mercy is a must read for all. Death and dying is a subject most of us care not to discuss, but some time in your life you will be touched by this horrible disease. It might be a family member, a friend or yourself. 4 Months of God's Mercy shows you He is with you to help you every moment of the day and every step of the way.
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