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The English Garden: Meditation and Memorial [Hardcover]

David R. Coffin (Author)

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  • Hardcover: 286 pages
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press; illustrated edition edition (5 Aug 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 069103432X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0691034324
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.3 x 3 cm
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,341,452 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Coffin presents an engaging history of the uses of gardens for hermitages, meditation, confessionals, memorials, monuments, and entertainment.

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The English have always turned to their gardens or wooded "wildernesses" for contemplative consolation. To explore the meditative aspect of English garden-making, this work combines selected poetry, diary extracts, letters and more formal writing from the 16th through the 18th centuries with illustrations and the author's perceptive commentary. The English saw the impermanence of life in "weather-beaten heads" of flowers, and their gardens were often decorated with sundials and ruins. Addressing both admirers of the English garden and students of English cultural history, the text shows that the English emphasis on transience was a key to their gardening and literary styles.

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Visions of Grandeur 24 Mar 2000
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When you think of gardening and great gardeners you immediately think of the English. For hundreds of years this tiny island has produced some of the most influential gardens and architecture. This book provides a most picturesque view of country estates and the architecture of gardening. PERFECT for us weekend gardeners with visions of grandeur

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