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Green retreats : women, gardens and eighteenth-century culture / Stephen Bending

Bending, Stephen, 1964-

1. publ

Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2013

X, 312 S. : Ill.

Englisch

Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I: 1. 'Gladly I leave the town': retirement; 2. 'No way qualified for retirement': disgrace; Part II: 3. Bluestocking gardens: Elizabeth Montagu at Sandleford; 4. Neighbours in retreat: Lady Mary Coke and the Hollands; 5. 'Can you not forgive?' Henrietta Knight at Barrells Hall; 6. 'Though very retired, I am very happy'.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Archivierung/Langzeitarchivierung gewährleistet (Rechtsgrundlage SSG). UB Heidelberg

978-1-107-04002-1 (hardback)

2013005956

9781107040021

OCoLC: 862807153     

HK 2605      Ähnliche Literatur

SB469.9

635.082 ; 305.309

Basisklassifikation: 15.64 (Großbritannien; Irland) <Geschichte> ; 21.74 (Landschaftsgestaltung; Gartenkunst)

SSG-Nummer(n): 7,25; 9,10

*Großbritannien ; Garten ; Frau ; Geschichte 1700-1800     Zum Register

LOC-SH: Women gardeners -- Great Britain -- Biography ; Gardeners -- Great Britain -- Biography ; Gardening -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century ; Women gardeners -- Great Britain -- Correspondence ; Gardeners -- Great Britain -- Correspondence ; Women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 18th century

"Green Retreats presents a lively and beautifully illustrated account of eighteenth-century women in their gardens, in the context of the larger history of their retirement from the world - whether willed or enforced - and of their engagement with the literature of gardening. Beginning with a survey of cultural representations of the woman in the garden, Stephen Bending goes on to tell the stories, through their letters, diaries and journals, of some extraordinary eighteenth-century women including Elizabeth Montagu and the Bluestocking circle, the gardening neighbours Lady Caroline Holland and Lady Mary Coke, and Henrietta Knight, Lady Luxborough, renowned for her scandalous withdrawal from the social world. The emphasis on how gardens were used, as well as designed, allows the reader to rethink the place of women in the eighteenth century, and understand what was at stake for those who stepped beyond the flower garden and created their own landscapes"--

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