The Economy of Vegetation
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The Economy of Vegetation is the first part of Erasmus Darwin’s didactic poem *The Botanic Garden*, presenting scientific and botanical ideas through elaborate, personified verse.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| The Botanic Garden, Part I: The Economy of Vegetation | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
didactic poem
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literary work ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| alternateTitle |
The Economy of Vegetation
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surface form:
The Botanic Garden, Part I: The Economy of Vegetation
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| author | Erasmus Darwin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Great Britain ⓘ |
| describes |
cosmology
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geology ⓘ industrial processes ⓘ meteorology ⓘ steam power ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1791 ⓘ |
| genre |
botanical poetry
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didactic poetry ⓘ scientific poetry ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationBy |
Henry Fuseli
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surface form:
Fuseli
William Blake ⓘ |
| hasNoteBy | Erasmus Darwin ⓘ |
| hasPart |
philosophical notes
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scientific notes ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Enlightenment science
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Linnaean botany ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
educated lay readers
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scientific readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Georgian era ⓘ |
| movement |
Enlightenment literature
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pre-Romanticism ⓘ |
| partOf | The Botanic Garden ⓘ |
| period | 18th century ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| publisher | J. Johnson ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Loves of the Plants ⓘ |
| style | heroic couplets ⓘ |
| subject |
botany
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industrial inventions ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ science ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| theme |
industrial and technological innovation
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interrelation of art and science ⓘ power of nature ⓘ progress of science ⓘ |
| uses |
allegory
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personification ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
The Botanic Garden, Part I: The Economy of Vegetation