Rome and the literature of the gardens / Victoria Emma Pagán.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pagán, Victoria Emma, 1965-

Series:

Classical inter/faces

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gardens--Symbolic aspects.

Gardens in literature.

Latin literature.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 160 pages).

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury, 2012, 2006.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

""Rome and the Literature of Gardens" explores the garden as a powerful locus of transformation and transgression in the "De Re Rustica" of Columella, the "Satires" of Horace, the "Annals" of Tacitus, and the "Confessions" of Saint Augustine. In keeping with the approach of this series, a concluding chapter examines the reincarnation of these expressions in the contemporary plays "Arcadia" and "The Invention of Love" by Tom Stoppard. Many books on gardens in ancient Rome concentrate on either technical agricultural manuals, or pastoral poetry, or the physical remains of Roman gardens. Instead, this book considers images of gardens from a kaleidoscope of genres, especially those that the Romans made their own: satire, annalistic history, and autobiography. This atypical approach makes a unique contribution to the field of Latin literature and garden history, bridging the gap between material culture and cultural history."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Introduction: Sites of Contest 1

1 The Garden of Empire 19

2 The Garden of Politics 37

3 The Garden of Representation 65

4 The Garden of Redemption 93

5 The Invention of Gardens 121.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472540072

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.