Table Of ContentShakespeare and Science
ARDEN SHAKESPEARE DICTIONARY SERIES
SERIES EDITOR
Sandra Clark (Birkbeck College, University of London)
Class and Society in Shakespeare Paul Innes
Military Language in Shakespeare Charles Edelman
Shakespeare’s Books Stuart Gillespie
Shakespeare’s Demonology Marion Gibson
Shakespeare and Domestic Life Sandra Clark
Shakespeare’s Insults Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin
Shakespeare and the Language of Food Joan Fitzpatrick
Shakespeare’s Legal Language B. J. Sokol and Mary Sokol
Shakespeare and London Sarah Dustagheer
Shakespeare’s Medical Language Sujata Iyengar
Shakespeare’s Musical Language Christopher R. Wilson
Shakespeare and National Identity Christopher Ivic
Shakespeare’s Non-Standard English N. F. Blake
Shakespeare’s Political and Economic Language Vivian Thomas
Shakespeare’s Theatre Hugh Macrae Richmond
Shakespeare and Visual Culture Armelle Sabatier
Women in Shakespeare Alison Findlay
FORTHCOMING:
Shakespeare and Animals Karen Raber and Karen Edwards
Shakespeare’s Classical Mythology Katherine Heavey and Janice Valls-Russell
Shakespeare and the Environment Sophie Chiari
Shakespeare’s Voyaging and Maritime Language Jo Esra
Shakespeare and Science
A Dictionary
KATHERINE WALKER
THE ARDEN SHAKESPEARE
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Contents
Series Editor’s Preface vi
Acknowledgements vii
List of Abbreviations viii
List of Headwords x
Introduction 1
A–Z 7
Bibliography 256
Index 289
Series Editor’s Preface
The Arden Shakespeare Dictionaries aim to provide the student of Shakespeare with
a series of authoritative guides to the principal subject areas covered by the plays and
poems. They are produced by scholars who are experts both on Shakespeare and on
the topic of the individual dictionary, based on the most recent scholarship, succinctly
written and accessibly presented. They offer readers a self-contained body of information
on the topic under discussion, its occurrence and significance in Shakespeare’s works,
and its contemporary meanings. The topics are all vital ones for understanding the plays
and poems; they have been selected for their importance in illuminating aspects of
Shakespeare’s writings where an informed understanding of the range of Shakespeare’s
usage and of the contemporary literary, historical and cultural issues involved will add
to the reader’s appreciation of his work. Because of the diversity of the topics covered in
the series, individual dictionaries may vary in emphasis and approach, but the aim and
basic format of the entries remain the same from volume to volume.
Sandra Clark
Birkbeck College
University of London
Acknowledgements
My first thanks go to Mary Floyd-Wilson, who believed in this project from the start.
Mary significantly helped shape the questions I asked when approaching the capacious
topic of Shakespeare and science. I also offer my sincere thanks to Sandra Clark, who
has been such a generous and helpful editor. Those who have provided love and support
throughout my work on this book also deserve my deepest gratitude. Thank you Ryan,
Darlene, Steve and Jake.
Abbreviations
A&C Antony and Cleopatra
AWW All’s Well That Ends Well
AYLI As You Like It
Cor. Coriolanus
Cym. Cymbeline
Err. The Comedy of Errors
Ham. Hamlet
1 HIV The First Part of Henry IV
2 HIV The Second Part of Henry IV
HV Henry the Fifth
1 HVI The First Part of Henry VI
2 HVI The Second Part of HVI
3 HVI The Third Part of HVI
HVIII King Henry VIII
JC Julius Caesar
KJ King John
KL King Lear
LC A Lover’s Complaint
LLL Love’s Labours Lost
Luc. The Rape of Lucrece
Mac. Macbeth
MAdo Much Ado About Nothing
MM Measure for Measure
MND A Midsummer Night’s Dream
MerV The Merchant of Venice
MWW The Merry Wives of Windsor
Oth. Othello
Abbreviations
Per. Pericles
PP The Passionate Pilgrim
PT The Phoenix and the Turtle
RII King Richard II
RIII King Richard III
R&J Romeo and Juliet
Shrew The Taming of the Shrew
Son. Sonnets
T&C Troilus and Cressida
Temp. The Tempest
TGV The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Tim. Timon of Athens
Tit. Titus Andronicus
TN Twelfth Night
TNK The Two Noble Kinsmen
V&A Venus and Adonis
WT The Winter’s Tale
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