Shakespeare's FlowersPerdita welcomes guests with rosemary and rue for grace and remembrance; Ariel hides in a cowslip's bell. There is magic in the "little western flower" Oberon uses to cast a spell on Titania, and tragedy in Ophelia's garland and Lear's crown of weeds. In the witches' brews and love potions, as symbols of gallantry or faith, as seasoning in homely English kitchens, or as badges for the wars of kings, flowers and herbs were an intimate part of life in Shakespeare's day. Their legends add color and fragrance to his plays and songs. "Shakespeare's Flowers combines fascinating lore and glorious paintings by Anne Ophelia Dowden, to recreate the gardens and meadows of Elizabethan England. |
Contents
THE FLOWERS ARE SWEET | 1 |
CARNATION GILLYVOR | 5 |
DAISY LADYSMOCK CUCKOOBUD | 8 |
WEEDS | 13 |
COWSLIP | 19 |
PANSY | 23 |
CRAB APPLLE | 27 |
FLOWERDELUC | 31 |
ROSEMARY | 53 |
HAREBELL | 57 |
HERBS | 59 |
THYMY OXLIP WOODBINE MUSKROSE EGLANTINE | 62 |
MARIGOLD | 70 |
DAFFODIL | 73 |
LILY | 76 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 79 |
ROSE | 35 |
PRIMROSE | 42 |
VIOLET | 45 |
FENNEL COLUMBINE | 49 |
RUE | 50 |
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Anne Ophelia Dowden apothecaries azured beautiful Books botanical bowl brew carnation carpet color Connecticut cottage gardens cowslip CRAB APPLE CROWFLOWER CUCKOO-BUD Cymbeline daffodils daisy darnel described Dowden EGLANTINE Elizabethan emblem England English fayries fennel flavor FLOWER-DE-LUCE garland grace grow HAMLET harebell heartsease hemlock Henry herb garden honeysuckle hundred iris Jessica Kerr King Lear know a bank known LADY-SMOCK lavender Library lily lived London love potions LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST lovers MARIGOLD Marjoram Mary-buds meadow Midsummer Night's Dream MUSK-ROSE nettles Noble Kinsmen Oberon Ophelia OXLIP pansy petals pink plant poet popular primrose Provincial roses Puck Queen Elizabeth Queen Titania refers remembrance repentance river Avon roasted crab rosemary salad scene Shakespeare loved Shakespeare's Flowers Shakespeare's plays smell spells Stratford Stratford-upon-Avon symbol thou thought violets Warwickshire weeds wild flowers wild thyme William Shakespeare winds of March WINTER'S TALE witches woodbine woods word wormwood yellow York