Victorian nightshades : how the Solanaceae shaped the modern world / Elizabeth A. Campbell.

Author/creator Campbell, Elizabeth A., 1945- author.
Format Book
PublicationCharlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2025.
Descriptionxi, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Solanaceae--Social aspects. --History. --19th century.
Solanaceae--Development. --History. --19th century.

SeriesVictorian literature and culture series
Victorian literature and culture series. ^A254898
Contents A Family Plot -- Bittersweet: The Climbing Nightshade -- Dulcamara: Affairs and Elixirs of Love -- Belladonna: The Deadly Nightshade -- Victoria's Secrets: Sex, Drugs, and Belladonna -- The Triumph of the Potato -- Sublime Tobacco: Now Let Us Praise the Deadliest Nightshade -- Back to the Garden: Petunias, Peppers, Eggplants, and Tomatoes
Abstract "Tells the story of the Solanaceae plant family as revealed in both the scientific and the sentimental discourse of the Victorian era, as advances in medical knowledge, horticulture, evolutionary theory, and crucially, human desire, transformed nightshades' botanical reputation. From the Old World species bittersweet and belladonna, the book moves to the potato and tobacco, the two New World species that effected the greatest change in the family's Victorian reputation, and concludes with an account of the ornamental petunia and the edible pepper, eggplant, and tomato"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Campbell, Elizabeth A., 1945- Victorian nightshades Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2025] 9780813952550
LCCN 2024026118
ISBN9780813952536 hardcover
ISBN0813952530 hardcover
ISBN9780813952543 paperback
ISBN0813952549 paperback
ISBNelectronic book

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Joyner General Stacks QK495 .S7 C36 2025 ✔ Available Place Hold