Publisher's Synopsis
Birds of Shakespeare is a book written by Sir Archibald Geikie that explores the various bird species mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare. It delves into the symbolism and significance of these birds in Shakespeare's plays and poems, as well as their place in the cultural and natural history of Elizabethan England. The book is organized by bird species, with each chapter focusing on a particular bird and its appearance in Shakespeare's works. Geikie draws on his extensive knowledge of ornithology and literary analysis to provide a comprehensive and engaging exploration of these fascinating creatures and their role in Shakespeare's oeuvre. This book is an excellent resource for bird enthusiasts, Shakespeare scholars, and anyone interested in the intersection of literature and natural history.1916. The attentive reader of Shakespeare's Poems and Plays can hardly fail to notice the remarkable frequency of the Poet's allusion to Birds, not merely as a great choir of songsters, enlivening the woods and fields with their varied music, but as individual creatures, each endowed with its own special characters. Partial Contents: His feeling for Nature; Sympathy with Life; In Winter and Storm; Birds mentioned my Shakespeare; Progress of English Poetry; Wordsworth, Shelly and Keats. Illustrated.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
