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A Shakespearean Botanical
A Shakespearean Botanical
Author: Margaret Willes
When Falstaff calls upon the sky to rain potatoes in The Merry Wives of Windsor, he highlights the belief that the exotic vegetable, recently introduced to England from the Americas, was an aphrodisiac. In Romeo and Juliet, Lady Capulet calls for quinces to make pies for the marriage feast, knowing that the fragrant fruit was connected with wedd...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781851244379
ISBN-10: 1851244379
Publication Date: 12/15/2015
Pages: 128
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Publisher: Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Book Type: Hardcover
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