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04218aam a2200565 i 4500 001 A7AC4A36462211E9A3F20F6897128E48 003 SILO 005 20190314012734 008 180628t20192019nbua b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2018023683 020 $a 1496207882 020 $a 9781496207883 035 $a (OCoLC)1031918394 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCA $d ERASA $d VA@ $d YDX $d OCLCO $d YUS $d L2U $d COD $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e------ $a s------ $a e------ 050 00 $a PR428.G37 $b T47 2019 082 00 $a 820.9/364 $2 23 100 1 $a Test, Edward McLean, $e author. 245 10 $a Sacred seeds : $b new world plants in early modern English literature / $c Edward McLean Test. 246 30 $a New world plants in early modern English literature 264 1 $a Lincoln : $b University of Nebraska Press, $c [2019] 300 $a xii, 231 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Early modern cultural studies series 520 $a "More than five hundred years after the fact, present-day writers still use hyperbolic adjectives to describe the "discovery" of the Americas. Columbus's crossing of the Atlantic--and the age of exploration that ensued--dramatically and forever changed the early modern world. The societies, economies, cultures, arts, and burgeoning sciences of Europe were quickly transformed by the ongoing encounter with the New World. The meeting of the New and the Old Worlds, however, was more than a meeting of disparate civilizations. It was also a confluence of exciting and often surprising associations that continually created new interfaces between materials and knowledge. The Western and Eastern Hemispheres, brought together by sailing ships for the first time on a large scale, helped create the global landscape we take for granted today. Central to this formative moment in global history were New World plants. The agriculture of indigenous peoples mythically and materially shaped English society and, subsequently, its literature in new and startling ways. Sacred Seeds examines New World plants--tobacco, amaranth, guaiacum, and the prickly pear cactus--and their associated Native myths as they moved across the Atlantic and into English literature. Edward McLean Test reinstates the contributions of indigenous peoples to European society, charting an alternative cultural history that explores the associations and assemblages of transatlantic multiplicity rather than Eurocentric homogeny"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "Sacred Seeds examines New World plants and their associated Native myths as they moved across the Atlantic and into English literature"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-218) and index. 505 0 $a 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. 650 0 $a English literature $y Early modern, 1500-1700 $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Gardens in literature. 650 0 $a Plants in literature. 651 0 $a America $x In literature. 650 0 $a Indigenous peoples $z America $x Influence. 650 0 $a Nature $x Religious aspects. 651 0 $a Europe $x American influences. $x American influences. 650 7 $a Civilization $x American influences. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00862901 650 7 $a English literature $x Early modern. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710960 650 7 $a Gardens in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00937933 650 7 $a Nature $x Religious aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01034594 650 7 $a Plants in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01066136 651 7 $a America. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239786 651 7 $a Europe. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01245064 650 7 $a 18.05 English literature. $0 (NL-LeOCL)077611977 $2 nbc 648 7 $a 1500-1700 $2 fast 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635. 830 0 $a Early modern cultural studies (Lincoln, Neb.) 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191120034444.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190702014835.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A7AC4A36462211E9A3F20F6897128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search