Shakespeare's Plants and Gardens: A Dictionary (Arden Shakespeare Dictionaries)
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (835 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1474273874 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Five Stars" according to Martha Woofter. Wonderful dictionary of Shakespeare's plants!
Vivian Thomas is a freelance lecturer for the University of Warwick and the Shakespeare Birthplace TrustNicki Faircloth is a freelance lecturer and writer based in London
The volume has an intriguing appendix in which each of the playwright's works is listed alphabetically by title, beneath which is a collective of all the plant and garden-based words used within it. The volume is almost as interesting for its wide-ranging introduction and survey of botanically related criticism as for the entries…It will be a good addition for comprehensive Shakespeare collections or libraries supporting intensive study of the early modern period. VERDICT:Very useful for those libraries supporting Shakespearean scholars and those collecting the other titles in the series.” Library Journal“Scholars looking for the symbolic significance of unfamiliar plants
Each alphabetical entry offers a definition and overview of the term discussed in its historical context, followed by a guided tour of its use in Shakespeare's works and finally an extensive bibliography, including primary and secondary sources, books and articles.. His lifetime saw the beginning of scientific interest in plants, the first large-scale plant introductions from outside the country since Roman times, and the beginning of gardening as a leisure activity. Shakespeare's works show that he engaged with this new world to illuminate so many facets of his plays and poems. This dictionary offers a complete companion to Shakespeare's references to landscape, plants and gardens, including both formal and rural settings. It covers plants and flowers, gardening terms, and the activities that Shakespeare included within both cultivated and uncultivated landscapes as well as encompassing garden imagery in relation to politics, the state and personal lives. Shakespeare lived when