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100 1 _aEllacombe, Henry Nicholson,
_d1821-1916
245 1 4 _aThe plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare
246 1 _aPlant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2009
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2009-03-25
508 _aProduced by Irma Spehar, Michael Zeug, Lisa Reigel, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
520 _a"The Plant-Lore & Garden-Craft of Shakespeare" by Henry Nicholson Ellacombe is a detailed exploration of botanical references and gardening practices found in the works of William Shakespeare, written in the late 19th century. This work serves as both a literary analysis and a gardening guide, aiming to uncover the significance and context of the plants Shakespeare mentions throughout his plays and poetry. Ellacombe’s text is rich with quotations, comparisons, and botanical descriptions that cater to both literature enthusiasts and gardening aficionados. The opening of the book introduces the author’s motivation to prove Shakespeare’s appreciation of flowers and gardening through his writings. Ellacombe expresses his intent to illustrate Shakespeare's love of nature and how it reflects the environment of Elizabethan England. He argues that Shakespeare's references to flowers are not merely ornamental but deeply embedded in the narrative and thematic structure of his works. Through various passages, the author sets the tone for a thorough examination of the plant-lore present in Shakespeare’s texts, promising to analyze every plant Shakespeare mentions, along with cultural and historical insights related to each. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aShakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Botany
653 _aGardens in literature
653 _aPlants in literature
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28407
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