The Duchess of Malfi's apricots, and other literary fruits / Robert Palter.

Author/creator Palter, Robert
Format Book
Publication InfoColumbia : University of South Carolina Press, ©2002.
Descriptionxviii, 872 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Subjects

Contents Apples -- Figs -- Missing fruit -- Strawberries (and cream) -- Plums -- The flowering plum : a Chinese interlude -- Peaches, mangoes, and other juicy fruits -- Bananas -- Apricots : ripe and unripe -- Pits and seeds -- Medlars : the ripe and the rotten -- Pomegranates -- Quinces and pears -- Pineapples -- Citrus fruits -- Melons and papayas -- Cherries -- Grapes -- Wine -- Orchards, groves, gardens -- Fruit, conjoined and disjoined -- Enemies and friends of fruit -- Berries.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [739]-819) and indexes.
LCCN 2001003346
ISBN1570034176

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PN56.F76 P35 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold