In this remarkable volume, one of Canada`s most celebrated artists has collaborated with a distinguished professor of English to create a work of art and scholarship both beautiful and informative.
Sir Phillip Sydney, one of the earliest of English literary critics, claimed that the purpose of `poesie`, or literature, was `to teach and to delight`. A Gathering of Flowers accomplishes both goals with great success. The artist`s astonishingly realistic images are accompanied by a succinct education in the nature and properties of flowers, and by the quotations and explication of lines written by the greatest poet of the English language. Shakespeare used flower imagery in many of his plays, providing dramatic significance as well as aeshetic effect. David Hoeniger cites many of these, including Oberon`s vivid ...
`I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlip and the noffdding violet grows,
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine.
There sleeps Titania sometime of the night,
Lull`d in these flowers with dances and delight.`
For each quotation, he provides an explanation of the significance or symbolism of the floral image. The beauty of Shakespeare`s poetry is complemented by the vivid artistry of the engravings. This co-operative effort of artist and scholar has been most successful in fulfilling Sir Phillip`s stated purpose, to teach and to delight.
Authors
G. Brender á Brandis, Gerard Brender à Brandis, David Hoeniger
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Table of Contents
- A Gathering of Flowers From Shakespeare 4
- Introduction 7
- Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum) 11
- Honeysuckle or Woodbine (Lonicera periclymenum) 13
- Pot or Garden Marigold (Calendula officinalis) 15
- Violet (Viola odorata) 17
- Flowers for a Grave: Marigold and Violet (Calendula officinalis and Viola odorata) 19
- Love-in-idleness (Viola tricolor) 21
- Titania's Bank of Flowers 23
- Cowslip (Primula veris) 25
- Cowslip (Primula veris) 27
- Violets, Cowslips, Primroses (Viola sp., Primula veris, Primula, vulgaris) 29
- Common Pink (Dianthus plumarius) 31
- The Cuckoo's Song of Spring: Daisies and Violets (Bellis perennis and Viola sp.) 33
- Buttercups and Lady-smocks (Ranunculus acris and Cardamine pratensis) 35
- Holy or Blessed Thistle (formerly Carduus benedictus, now Cnicus benedictus) 37
- Snake's-head Fritillary or Checker-board Flower (Fritillaria meleagris) 39
- Samphire — Rock Samphire (Crithmum maritimum) 41
- Ophelia's Fantastic Garlands: Purple Orchid and English Daisy (Orchis mascula and Bellis perennis) 43
- Crow-flower with White Dead-Nettle (Lychnis flos-cuculi and Lamium album) 45
- Chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile or Anthemis nobilis) 47
- Primrose (Primula vulgaris) 49
- Garden Thyme under Hyssop (Thymus vulgaris under Hyssopus officinalis) 51
- Mandrake (Mandragora officinarum) 53
- Yellow Flag (Iris pseudacorus) 55
- Perdita's Welcoming Speech: Rosemary and Rue (Rosmarinus officinalis and Ruta graveolens) 57
- Carnations and Streaked Gillyvors (Dianthus sp.) 59
- Wall-gillyflower (Cheiranthus cheiri) 61
- Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia or spica) 63
- Mary Arden's Kitchen 65
- Wild or 'Tenby' Daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) 67
- Oxlips (Primula elatior) 69
- Crown Imperials (Fritillaria imperialis) 71
- 'Lillies of All Kinds' (Iris pseudacorus and Lilium sp.) 73
- White Lily (Lilium candidum) 75
- Lily (Lilium sp.) 77
- Canker Rose or Dog Rose (Rosa canina) 79
- Musk Rose (Rosa moschata) 81
- Damask Rose (Rosa damascena) 83
- Provincial or Provençal Rose (Rosa provincialis or Rosa centifolia) 85
- Primrose, Harebell and Eglantine (Primula vulgaris, Endymion non-scriptus and Rosa rubiginosa) 87
- Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris) 89
- Eringo or Sea-holly (Eryngium maritimum) 91
- Flowers for a Bride and Bridegroom 93
- Herb of Grace or Rue (Ruta graveolens) 97
- Ophelia Bestowing Flowers: Rosemary and Pansy (Rosmarinus officinalis and Viola tricolor) 99
- Columbine and Fennel (Aquilegia vulgaris and Foeniculum vulgare) 101
- Broom (Cytisus scoparius) 103
- Cultivated Flax (Linum usitatissimum) 105
- Daisy (Bellis perennis) 107
- Rank and Idle Weeds: Fumitory and Perennial Rye-grass (Fumaria officinalis and Lolium perenne) 109
- Hemlock (Conium maculatum) 111
- Great Burdock (Arctium lappa) 113
- Salad Burnet, Cowslips and Green Clover (Poterium sanguisorba, Primula veris and Trifolium repens) 115
- Kecksies 117
- Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) 119
- Saffron or Autumn Crocus (Crocus sativus) 121
- Monkshood (Aconitum napellus) 123
- Strawberry under Nettles (Fragaria vesca and Urtica dioica) 125
- Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) 127
- Vetch (Vicia sativa) 129
- Plantain, probably Ratstail Plantain (Plantago major) 131
- Index 134
- A 134
- B 134
- C 134
- D 134
- E 135
- F 135
- G 135
- H 135
- I 135
- K 135
- L 135
- M 135
- N 136
- O 136
- P 136
- R 136
- S 136
- T 136
- V 137
- W 137
- Acknowledgements 140