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Green Desire : Imagining Early Modern English Gardens.

For Rebecca Bushnell, English gardening books tell a fascinating tale of the human love for plants and our will to make them do as we wish. These books powerfully evoke the desires of gardeners: they show us gardeners who, like poets, imagine not just what is but what should be. In particular, the e...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bushnell, Rebecca Weld
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Green Desire; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; 1. Composing Gardens; 2. The Printed Garden; 3· Labor, Pleasure, and Art; 4· The Ladies' Part; 5· Garden Society; 6. Telling the Truth; CONCLUSION; Index.