The Quest for Shakespeare’s Garden

Name: The Quest for Shakespeare’s Garden
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9780500252246
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By Roy Strong

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The Quest for Shakespeare's Garden explores the significance of garden imagery in Shakespeare's work and traces the history of his own garden at New Place in Stratford-upon-Avon. Filled with quotations and richly illustrated from diverse sources like Elizabethan gardening books and embroidered fabrics, the book offers a detailed look into Shakespeare's influence on garden history and design.
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Format: Hardback

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Ideal for readers interested in Shakespeare, garden history, horticulture enthusiasts, and fans of richly illustrated cultural studies.

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Shakespeare's potent use of garden imagery has captivated successive generations of readers and inspired the making of gardens across the globe.

Laced with quotations and abounding with illustrations drawn from sources including Elizabethan gardening books, embroidered fabrics and hand-coloured herbals, The Quest for Shakespeare’s Garden tells the story of the Bard's own garden at New Place in Stratford-upon-Avon, revealing its place in garden history.

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'This elegant little book takes on the character of a detective story as Strong uncovers the way Shakespeare became a gateway for early gardening historians' – Daily Telegraph
'Artily produced with an unmissable text by Sir Roy Strong' – Robin Lane Fox, Financial Times
'A total delight, rich with quotations and sumptuous images' – Birmingham Mail
'Wholly original and thoughtfully illustrated' – Archives of Natural History

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780500252246

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 20 October 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Illustration: Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 160.0mm

Height: 230.0mm

Weight: 500g

Pages: 112

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Roy Strong

About the Author

Sir Roy Strong is an art historian, museum curator, writer, broadcaster and landscape designer. He has served as director of both the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Strong was knighted in 1982. He is also an Honorary Fellow of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Strong has written many books on garden history and Elizabethan and Jacobean history, including The Renaissance Garden in England, also published by Thames & Hudson.

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