This book examines bees in the early modern English and American literary and cultural traditions, exploring the works of Shakespeare, Pastorius, Hopi and Wyandotte cultures, Milton, and Pulter. It argues that the hive plays a central role in shaping conflicts over labor and sovereignty in the early transatlantic world.
This book examines bees in the early modern English and American literary and cultural traditions, exploring the works of Shakespeare, Pastorius, Hopi...