Images of the Plant Humanities

Danielle Sands is Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature and Culture at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.Daniel Whistler is Professor of Philosophy, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.

• Introduction: Words and Images in the Representation of Plants, Danielle Sands and Daniel WhistlerPART ONE: PLANT HI/STORIESChapter 1. Plant Abstraction and the Welwitschia Mirabilis: Katherine Arnold, University of Liverpool, UK Chapter 2. Literary Botany and the Legacy of German Romanticism: Isabel Kranz, University of Vienna, AustriaChapter 3. Lacebark and the Interior Décor of the Jamaican Slave Cottage: Steeve Buckridge, Grand Valley State University, USA Chapter 4. On the Roots of Philosophy as a Tree of Knowledge and Using Vegetables to Think: Thomas Moynihan, University of Cambridge, UK Chapter 5. The Transformative Power of Mama papa and Kuka kintucha: Nataly Allasi Canales, University of Copenhagen, Denmark PART TWO: SEEING PLANTSChapter 6. Time-Lapse Technologies and the Temporality of Plant Life: John C. Ryan, Southern Cross University, AustraliaChapter 7. Blue So Deep: Ben Woodard, Leuphana University, GermanyChapter 8. Margaret Mee’s Plant Portraits in the Kew Collection: Yota Batsaki, Dumbarton Oaks, USAChapter 9. The Ecology of Plant Iconography: Laurence HillChapter 10. Extending the Botanical: Danielle Sands, Royal Holloway, University of London, UKPART THREE: PLANT FORMSChapter 11. The Psychology of Plant Homologies: Ulrich Stegmann, University of Aberdeen, UK Chapter 12. Goethe and the Plant-Series: Daniel Whistler, Royal Holloway, University of London, UKChapter 13. Prototypes and Individuals: Sophie Gerber, University of Bordeaux, France Chapter 14. Fern Times, or Vegetal Futures Past: Solvejg Nitzke, University of Dresden, Germany Chapter 15. Algae: Joan Steigerwald, York University, Canada PART FOUR: PLANT RELATIONSChapter 16. Hallucination, Sacrament, Poison: Prudence Gibson, University of New South Wales, Australia Chapter 17. Technological Expertise in Nature and the Limits of Biomimicry: Edie Burns, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UKChapter 18. Humboldt’s Vegetal Communities: Quentin Hiernaux, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Chapter 19. Thinking about Sex with Plants: Natania Meeker, University of Southern California, USA PART FIVE: PLANT MONSTERSChapter 20. The Human Vegetable: Stella Sandford, Kingston University, UK and author of Vegetal Sex: Philosophy of Plants.Chapter 21. "Monstrous" Plants: Caroline HarrisChapter 22. Abnormal Plants—Abnormal Arts: Aliya Say, University of Aarhus, DenmarkChapter 23. Vegetal Violence: Joela Jacobs, University of Arizona, USA