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Shakespeare and Ecology
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Shakespeare and
Ecology
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Acknowledgements
Ecology is an interdisciplinary subject, and this book’s efforts to
cross-fertilizeknowledgeinearlymodernhistory,science,andShake-
speariandramawithevolutionarybiologyandenvironmentalpolitics
have benefited from friends and colleagues in these and other fields
whohavegenerouslysharedideasandinformation.Sincerethanksto:
Jennifer Andrews, John Clement Ball, Lynne Bruckner, Rachel
Bryant,LowellDuckert,HillaryEklund,EdwardGeisweidt,Joanna
Grossman, Chris Guglielmo, Kristie Heard, Grace Ioppolo, MJ
Kidnie,SeanLawrence,JohnLeonard,SharonO’Dair,RossLeckie,
JuliaReinhard Lupton, Jonathon Macfarlane, Scott Maisano, Linda
McJannet, Steve Mentz, Yolanda Morbey, Simon Palfrey, James
Purkis,AndreaSella,EdithSnook,SteveSohmer,GrahamThompson,
RebeccaTotaro,BryceTraister,andPaulWerstine.
I would also like to thank the librarians and staff of The British
Library, The Bodleian Library, The Canadian Centre for Architec-
ture, The Huntington Library, Helen Hargest and Anais Vanian-
Cooper of The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, The Shakespeare
Centre Library, The University of New Brunswick Library, and
WesternUniversityLibrariesfortheirvaluableresearchassistance.
MadelineBassnett,SteveHeard,andDeanneWilliamskindlyread
drafts of the entire book. I am very grateful for their improving
suggestions and corrections. Any remaining gaps in scientific and
Shakespearianknowledgearemyown.
Finally,atOxfordUniversityPressIwanttothankJacquelineBaker
for her initial encouragement and continual support, her colleagues
MichelleMortonandRachelPlatt,twoanonymousOUPreadersfor
their stimulating suggestions, my copy-editor Phil Dines, and above
all theserieseditors, Peter Hollandand Stanley Wells, for their wise
andinspiringguidance.
July2014
LondonOntario
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Contents
ListofIllustrations x
EcologicalModernityinShakespeare:anoverview 1
1. Localism,Deforestation,andEnvironmentalActivism
inTheMerryWivesofWindsor 32
2. Land-UsesandConvertibleHusbandryinAsYouLikeIt 56
3. Gunpowder,Militarization,andThresholdEcologies
inHenryIVPartTwoandMacbeth 78
4. BiosphericEcologiesinCymbeline 112
5. ‘Iwishyoujoyoftheworm’:Evolutionaryecology
inHamletandAntonyandCleopatra 134
Epilogue:ShakespeareandEcologyinperformance 166
Notes 173
FurtherReading 201
Index 207
