A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare Contributor(s): Brender a. Brandis, Gerard, Hoeniger, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0889842906 ISBN-13: 9780889842908 Publisher: Porcupine's Quill OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2006 Annotation: 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, 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. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art | Canadian |
Dewey: 822.33 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.6" W x 8.75" (0.58 lbs) 130 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Gerard Brender ? Brandis is a renowned wood engraver, whose works of densely textured intricacy vibrate across your vision, drawing you into a microscopically magic world.' - Hans Werner - Toronto Star |
Contributor Bio(s): Hoeniger, David: - F. David Hoeniger is professor emeritus from Victoria College, University of Toronto, where he taught for many years in the Department of English. He is also a former director of the university's Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies. Professor Hoeniger is the author and editor of numerous works on Shakespeare, his work and his times, including Medicine and Shakespeare in the English Renaissance (1992), and Science and the Arts in the Renaissance (edited with John W. ShBrender a. Brandis, Gerard: - A member of the Society of Wood Engravers (England), Gerard Brender ? Brandis has produced hundreds of drawings, wood engravings and watercolours of flowering plants, many of which were studied in his own garden. These images have appeared in books, including Wood, Ink and Paper, At Water's Edge and Portraits of Flowers (all published by The Porcupine's Quill) as well as in his own handmade editions. His work is represented in the collections of the Royal Botanical Gardens (Hami |