Bibliography
A collection of my favorite reference books— an ever-growing list!
Shakespeare Research References
Aristotle. History of Animals. Translated by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Oxford University Press, 1910.
Bach, Rebecca Ann. Birds and Other Creatures in Renaissance Literature. Routledge, 2018.
Geikie, Archibald. The Birds of Shakespeare. James Maclehose and Sons, 1916.
Givens, Jean, Karen Reeds, and Alain Touwaide. Visualizing Medieval Medicine and Natural History, 1200–1550. Routledge, 2016.
Goodfellow, Peter. Shakespeare’s Birds. Magna Books, 1994.
Greenoak, Francesca. All the Birds of the Air. 2nd ed., Penguin Books, 1981.
Harting, James Edmund. The Birds of Shakespeare. J. Van Voorst, 1871.
Hunter, Matthew C. Wicked Intelligence: Visual Art and the Science of Experiment in Restoration London. University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Kinney, Arthur. The Birds and Beasts of Shakespeare. Cheloniidae Press, 1990.
McColley, Diane Kelsey. Poetry and Ecology in the Age of Milton and Marvell. Ashgate, 2007.
Maus, Katharine Eisaman, editor. The Norton Shakespeare. Norton, 2008.
Wells, Stanley, and Gary Taylor, editors. The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works. Oxford University Press, 1987.
Phipson, Emma. Animal-Lore of Shakespeare’s Time. The Lost Library, 1883.
Remmert, Volker. Picturing the Scientific Revolution. Saint Joseph's University Press, 2011.
Roos, Anna Marie. Martin Lister and His Remarkable Daughters: The Art of Science in the Seventeenth Century. Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, 2019.
Schmidt, Alexander. Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary. Dover, 1971.
Stochelbach, Lavonia. The Birds of Shakespeare. B. T. Batsford, 1953.
Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger. Folk-Lore of Shakespeare. Harper & Brothers, 1884.
Turberville, George. The Book of Falconrie. 1575. Held by the British Library.
Online databases and resources
Chop Bard by Ehren Ziegler and Shannon Sneedse
Folger Shakespeare Library - LUNA Digital Image Collection
JSTOR Understanding Shakespeare Series
Lexicons of Early Modern English
The Victoria and Albert Museum Collections
World Shakespeare Bibliography
Ornithology Research References
Audubon, John James. Birds of America: Baby Elephant Folio. New York: Abbeville, 2009.
Coward, Thomas. The Birds of the British Isles and their Eggs. London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1926.
Mcdonald, Helen. H is for Hawk. New York: Grove Press, 2016.
Sibley, David Allen. Hawks in Flight – Second Edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Sibley, David Allen. The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.
Sibley, David Allen. The Sibley Guide to Birds – Second Edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
Svensson, Lars. Collins Bird Guide: The Most Complete Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe. London: Harper Collins, 2015.
Online databases and resources
The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species
Botany Research References
Besler, Basilius. The Hortus Eystettensis (1613). London: British Library, 1994.
Blackwell, Elizabeth. A Curious Herbal. London: John Nourse, 1737.
Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson. The Plant-Lore & Garden-Craft of Shakespeare. William Pollard, 1878.
Fisher, Celia. The Golden Age of Flowers: Botanical Illustration in the Age of Discovery 1600-1800. London: British Library, 2011.
Gerard, John. Gerards Herbal History of Plants (1597). London: Studio Limited, 1994.
Marshal, Alexander. The Florilegium of Alexander Marshal at Windsor Castle (1650). London: Royal Collection Trust, 2000.