{"product_id":"marvellous-vegetables-in-the-english-vin-nardizzi-9781487500702","title":"Marvellous Vegetables in the English Renaissance","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Gerard's natural history of plants, \u003cem\u003eThe Herball\u003c\/em\u003e (1597), is considered a failure in the history of science. Despite this reputation, it has endured as an aesthetic resource. Its illustrations were used as needlework patterns, and strewn across its pages are extracts of classical poetry, including Ovid's \u003cem\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/em\u003e, that delight and instruct. It is little wonder that early modern poets, like Shakespeare and Milton, gathered inspiration from this storehouse of plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMarvellous Vegetables in the English Renaissance\u003c\/em\u003e, Vin Nardizzi offers a reparative reading of Gerard's \"failed\" text, particularly its chapters on leeks, laurels, tulips, and potatoes. Through a series of experiments in speculative natural history, which require an analysis of both word and image, Nardizzi distills \u003cem\u003eThe Herball\u003c\/em\u003e's logic and poetics, its distinctions and infelicities, and demonstrates the entanglements of humans and plants at the core of Shakespeare's plays. Exploring these \"cross-kingdom\" encounters, Nardizzi contributes to the burgeoning field of queer ecologies by treating plant natural history as a serious intellectual resource for writing a counter-history of embodiment at the turn of the seventeenth century. All we need do, Nardizzi proposes, is smell the flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vin Nardizzi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 148750070X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487500702\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Vin Nardizzi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46526417600767,"sku":"9781487500702","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e35e3645-0aea-42b0-9059-712c2ad732fb.jpg?v=1737556126","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/marvellous-vegetables-in-the-english-vin-nardizzi-9781487500702","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}