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A Shakespearean Botanical
Margaret Willes
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Description for A Shakespearean Botanical
Hardcover. Taking fifty quotations centring on flowers, herbs, fruit and vegetables, this book marries the beauty of Shakespeare's lines with charming contemporary renderings of the plants he described so vividly. Num Pages: 208 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 192 x 22. Weight in Grams: 394.
When Falstaff calls upon the sky to rain potatoes in The Merry Wives of Windsor, he is highlighting the late sixteenth-century belief that the exotic vegetable, recently introduced to England from the Americas, was an aphrodisiac. In Romeo and Juliet, Lady Capulet calls for quinces to make pies for the marriage feast of her daughter. This fruit was traditionally connected with weddings and fertility, as echoed by John Gerard in his herbal where he also explained that eating quinces would ‘bring forth wise children, and of good understanding’.
Taking fifty quotations centring on flowers, ... Read more
When Falstaff calls upon the sky to rain potatoes in The Merry Wives of Windsor, he is highlighting the late sixteenth-century belief that the exotic vegetable, recently introduced to England from the Americas, was an aphrodisiac. In Romeo and Juliet, Lady Capulet calls for quinces to make pies for the marriage feast of her daughter. This fruit was traditionally connected with weddings and fertility, as echoed by John Gerard in his herbal where he also explained that eating quinces would ‘bring forth wise children, and of good understanding’.
Taking fifty quotations centring on flowers, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
394g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851244379
SKU
V9781851244379
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Margaret Willes
Margaret Willes is a former publisher and author of several books including, 'Pick of the Bunch: The Story of Twelve Treasured Flowers', Bodleian Library Publishing (2009) and 'The Making of the English Gardener: Plants, Books and Inspiration 1560–1660', Yale University Press (2011).
Reviews for A Shakespearean Botanical
‘An engaging addition to Shakespeare studies … this book is a treasure, compact, readable and beautifully presented.’
Irish Examiner
Irish Examiner