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The Poisonous Flowers of H. Rider Haggard’s Cleopatra: Part Two

By Jemma Stewart Read Part 1 of this blog series. Lotus And as the voice spoke, a cold hand touched my hand … As the light came back, I gazed upon that which had been left within my hand. It…

  • Teri Williams
  • October 15, 2020

The Poisonous Flowers of H. Rider Haggard’s Cleopatra: Part One

By Jemma Stewart H. Rider Haggard’s Gothic Garden In the Gothic Studies articles ‘Blooming Marvel’ and ‘She shook her heavy tresses’, I assess the ways in which floral symbolism (or floriography) in Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) and H. Rider Haggard’s…

  • Teri Williams
  • October 14, 2020

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