Citation

Nissan E. Fabula 2009; 50(3-4): 293-311.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009)

DOI

10.1515/FABL.2009.024

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In this article, we consider the murderous or suicide-assistance role of flowers or plants in fictional works from various periods. We also discuss lore about the dangerous shade of plants, about mushrooms and other fungi as well as the spectacular effects of a dish containing rose petals in Laura Esquivel's movie Like Water for Chocolate, and death by the pricking of a rose in a story by Gabriel García Márquez. Furthermore, we deal with the theme of man-eating carnivorous plants in modern pulp fiction, in the theatre and the movies (especially in The Little Shop of Horrors), instances of which are also found in a computer game and a crosswords and puzzle magazine. © Walter de Gruyter.

Language: en