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Shakespeare's Plants and Gardens: A Dictionary
Contributor(s): Thomas, Vivian (Author), Faircloth, Nicki (Author), Clark, Sandra (Editor)
ISBN: 144114370X     ISBN-13: 9781441143709
Publisher: Arden Shakespeare
OUR PRICE:   $227.70  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: April 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Shakespeare
- Drama | Shakespeare
Dewey: 822.33
Series: Arden Shakespeare Dictionaries
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.70 lbs) 432 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
 
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Shakespeare lived when knowledge of plants and their uses was a given, but also at a time of unique interest in plants and gardens.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. Each alphabetical entry offers an 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.

Contributor Bio(s): Thomas, Vivian: - Dr. Vivian Thomas followed a career in economics with post-graduate study in Renaissance Drama at New College, Oxford, before becoming lecturer in English Literature at the University of Birmingham. He has been Visiting Lecturer at the New University of Lisbon, the universities of Cologne, Gdansk and Valenciennes, and Phillips Exeter Academy, New England. Now a free-lance lecturer he has lectured for the University of Warwick, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and Sovereign Education. A specialist in Shakespeare Studies, he is the Academic Patron of the Open University Shakespeare Society.Faircloth, Nicki: - Nicki Faircloth is a freelance lecturer and writer based in London.Clark, Sandra: - Sandra Clark is Professor Emeritus of Renaissance Literature, Birkbeck, University of London, and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London