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245 10 a| Marvellous vegetables in the English Renaissance /c| Vin Nardizzi.;

300 a| xiv, 446 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-425) and index.;

505 0 a| Like a Leek: Transplant Figures in Natural History, the Leek Family, and the Porrophagus of Henry V -- As Green as Leeks: Vegetable Blazons, Leaky Eyes, and the Transplant Poetics of Arcimboldo and Shakespeare -- In Pursuit of Laurels: Description, Ovid's Plant-Blazons, and Les Mains of Daphne -- In Praise of Daphnes: Philodendrism, Two Elizabethan Laurels, and "that well timber'd body" -- Tulips (I): Counting Infinite Kinds, Nature's Face-Paintings, and Two Tulip Miniatures -- Tulips (II): Tracking Two Turban Errors, Bellicose Flowers, and Three Talkative Tulips -- The Real Potatoes of Peru: Gerard's Signature Plant, Mixed Roots, and the Golden Potatoes of The Merry Wives of Windsor.;

520 a| "John Gerard's natural history of plants, The Herball (1597), is considered a failure in the history of science. Despite this reputation, it has endured as an aesthetic resource. Its illustrations were used as needlework patterns, and strewn across its pages are extracts of classical poetry, including Ovid's Metamorphoses, that delight and instruct. It is little wonder that early modern poets, like Shakespeare and Milton, gathered inspiration from this storehouse of plants. In Marvellous Vegetables in the English Renaissance, Vin Nardizzi offers a reparative reading of Gerard's "failed" text, particularly its chapters on leeks, laurels, tulips, and potatoes. Through a series of experiments in speculative natural history, which require an analysis of both word and image, Nardizzi distills The Herball''s logic and poetics, its distinctions and infelicities, and demonstrates the entanglements of humans and plants at the core of Shakespeare's plays. Exploring these "cross-kingdom" encounters, Nardizzi contributes to the burgeoning field of queer ecologies by treating plant natural history as a serious intellectual resource for writing a counter-history of embodiment at the turn of the seventeenth century. All we need do, Nardizzi proposes, is smell the flowers."--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Marvellous vegetables in the English Renaissance / Vin Nardizzi.

Author/creator	Nardizzi, Vincent Joseph, 1978- author
Format	Book
Publication	Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2025]
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	xiv, 446 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Gerard, John, 1545-1612. Herball. English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700. --History and criticism. Nature in literature. Vegetables in literature. Plants in literature. Botany in literature. Natural history in literature.

Contents	Like a Leek: Transplant Figures in Natural History, the Leek Family, and the Porrophagus of Henry V -- As Green as Leeks: Vegetable Blazons, Leaky Eyes, and the Transplant Poetics of Arcimboldo and Shakespeare -- In Pursuit of Laurels: Description, Ovid's Plant-Blazons, and Les Mains of Daphne -- In Praise of Daphnes: Philodendrism, Two Elizabethan Laurels, and "that well timber'd body" -- Tulips (I): Counting Infinite Kinds, Nature's Face-Paintings, and Two Tulip Miniatures -- Tulips (II): Tracking Two Turban Errors, Bellicose Flowers, and Three Talkative Tulips -- The Real Potatoes of Peru: Gerard's Signature Plant, Mixed Roots, and the Golden Potatoes of The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Abstract	"John Gerard's natural history of plants, The Herball (1597), is considered a failure in the history of science. Despite this reputation, it has endured as an aesthetic resource. Its illustrations were used as needlework patterns, and strewn across its pages are extracts of classical poetry, including Ovid's Metamorphoses, that delight and instruct. It is little wonder that early modern poets, like Shakespeare and Milton, gathered inspiration from this storehouse of plants. In Marvellous Vegetables in the English Renaissance, Vin Nardizzi offers a reparative reading of Gerard's "failed" text, particularly its chapters on leeks, laurels, tulips, and potatoes. Through a series of experiments in speculative natural history, which require an analysis of both word and image, Nardizzi distills The Herball''s logic and poetics, its distinctions and infelicities, and demonstrates the entanglements of humans and plants at the core of Shakespeare's plays. Exploring these "cross-kingdom" encounters, Nardizzi contributes to the burgeoning field of queer ecologies by treating plant natural history as a serious intellectual resource for writing a counter-history of embodiment at the turn of the seventeenth century. All we need do, Nardizzi proposes, is smell the flowers."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-425) and index.
Other forms	Issued also in electronic format.
Issued in other form	Online version: Nardizzi, Vincent Joseph, 1978- Marvellous vegetables in the English Renaissance. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press , 2025 1487511655 9781487511654
ISBN	9781487500702
ISBN	148750070X

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