Test, Edward McLean. Sacred seeds : new world plants in early modern English literature

Folger bibliographic ID: 355758
Folger call number: PR428.G37 T47 2019
Folger holdings ID: 503949
Accession Number: 270783

"Sacred Seeds examines New World plants and their associated Native myths as they moved across the Atlantic and into English literature"--

General notes

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

New seeds, strange countries: herbals -- People of the figs: travel writing -- King tobacco: a study in genre -- The holy wood of America: Guaiac and The Faerie Queene -- Love lies bleeding: Amaranth and The Faerie Queene

Extended title: Sacred seeds : new world plants in early modern English literature / Edward McLean Test
Alternate titles: New world plants in early modern English literature

English literature Gardens in literature Plants in literature America Indigenous peoples Nature Europe

author: Test, Edward McLean
publisher: University of Nebraska Press