Vin Nardizzi

Marvellous Vegetables in the English Renaissance

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Produktbeschreibung

A multidisciplinary study of the art and science of botany in Shakespeare’s time, Marvellous Vegetables in the English Renaissance excavates plant natural history as a vital resource for reimagining categories of embodiment, including gender and sex.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 504
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• ISBN-13: 9781487500702
• ISBN-10: 148750070X
• Artikelnr.: 71675393

Autorenporträt

Vin Nardizzi is a professor in the Department of English Language and Literatures at the University of British Columbia.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: Leeks
1. Like a Leek: Transplant Figures in Natural History, the Leek Family, and
the Porrophagus of Henry V
2. As Green as Leeks: Vegetable Blazons, Leaky Eyes, and the Transplant
Poetics of Arcimboldo and Shakespeare
Part Two: Laurels
3. In Pursuit of Laurels: Description, Ovid’s Plant-Blazons, and Les Mains
of Daphne
4. In Praise of Daphnes: Philodendrism, Two Elizabethan Laurels, and "that
well timber’d body"
Part Three: Tulips
5. Tulips (I): Counting Infinite Kinds, Nature’s Face-Paintings, and Two
Tulip Miniatures
6. Tulips (II): Tracking Two Turban Errors, Bellicose Flowers, and Three
Talkative Tulips
Part Four: Potatoes
7. The Real Potatoes of Peru: Gerard’s Signature Plant, Mixed Roots, and
the Golden Potatoes of The Merry Wives of Windsor
Epilogue: Gerard’s "Fatal Crime": Barnacle Geese, the Most Marvellous of
All Vegetables
Notes
Bibliography
Index