{"product_id":"shakespeares-trees","title":"Shakespeare's Trees","description":"\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication: 22 April 2027\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautifully illustrated and engaging book explores the place of trees in Shakespeare’s imagination and Tudor England, uncovering environmental Elizabethan concerns which resonate powerfully with our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe English oak, the cedars of Lebanon, Ophelia’s willow, Cleopatra’s fig: trees are a living presence in Shakespeare’s landscapes and his imagination. From stage props to metaphors, and from the familiar to the mythical, trees connect Shakespeare and audiences across time to his physical and mental environment. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, the Forest of Arden, the wood outside Athens, Justice Shallow’s orchard or the moving wood of Birnam in Macbeth are situated in the fascinating historical contexts of elite game parks, the timber economy, forestry, fruit-growing, ownership and stewardship. The great ‘wooden O’ of Shakespeare’s theatre is itself part of a city reliant on timber and an increasingly industrial and consumerist society. In exploring the place of trees in Shakespeare’s imagination and Tudor England the authors uncover Elizabethan concerns – wood shortages, deforestation, environmental degradation – which resonate powerfully with our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautifully illustrated book celebrates and unpacks the wideranging associations – poetic, historical, horticultural, folkloric and scientific – of Shakespeare’s trees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEMMA SMITH\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Hertford College, University of Oxford.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIONA STAFFORD\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of English Language and Literature at Somerville College, Oxford.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9781851246472\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExtent: 168 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSize: 210 x 161 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllustrations: 41 illustrations, unspecified\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Bodleian Libraries","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57449554674039,"sku":"BODS-104419","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/1850\/8859\/files\/9781851246472Shakespeare_sTrees3Dresized.jpg?v=1789054751","url":"https:\/\/bodleianshop.co.uk\/products\/shakespeares-trees","provider":"Bodleian Libraries","version":"1.0","type":"link"}