Of books and botany in early modern England; sixteenth-century plants and print culture.
9780754665861
Of books and botany in early modern England; sixteenth-century plants and print culture.
Knight, Leah.
Ashgate Publishing Co.
2009
163 pages
$99.95
Hardcover
Literary and scientific cultures of early modernity
PR767
Books about plants, of course, are one dimension of connection that Knight (English, Brock U., Canada) explores, but there are others, including how the substance of plants was transformed into the substance of books, and the metaphors criss-crossing between literary and botanical realms. She covers published virtues of the earth, continental contexts of the bookish nature of botanical culture, botanical reformation in William Turner's books of nature, John Gerard's uncommon ground, and domesticated plants and domesticating books: cultivating household textual collections.
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| Publication: | Reference & Research Book News |
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| Article Type: | Book review |
| Date: | Aug 1, 2009 |
| Words: | 121 |
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