Shakespeare's Flowers
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Author: Jessica Kerr
Binding: Hardback
Published: Kestrel Books, 1977
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
This elegant volume in literary botany presents a richly illustrated study of the flowers referenced throughout Shakespeare’s plays and poetry. Jessica Kerr uncovers the symbolic, medicinal, and cultural significance of each plant, linking Elizabethan horticulture with dramatic context and poetic metaphor. The book argues for a deeper understanding of Shakespeare’s language through the lens of botanical tradition, showing how flora shaped character, mood, and meaning. It details the historical uses of herbs and blossoms, from rosemary for remembrance to rue for repentance, grounding literary analysis in tangible natural history.
Author: Jessica Kerr
Binding: Hardback
Published: Kestrel Books, 1977
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
This elegant volume in literary botany presents a richly illustrated study of the flowers referenced throughout Shakespeare’s plays and poetry. Jessica Kerr uncovers the symbolic, medicinal, and cultural significance of each plant, linking Elizabethan horticulture with dramatic context and poetic metaphor. The book argues for a deeper understanding of Shakespeare’s language through the lens of botanical tradition, showing how flora shaped character, mood, and meaning. It details the historical uses of herbs and blossoms, from rosemary for remembrance to rue for repentance, grounding literary analysis in tangible natural history.