A Cultural History of Hothouse Flowers from 1850 to the Present
by
Jane Desmarais
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018
Monsters under Glass explores our enduring fascination with hothouses and exotic blooms, from their rise in ancient times, through the Victorian vogue for plant collecting, to the vegetable monsters of twentieth-century science fiction and the movies, comics, and video games of the present day. Our...