Stephen Bending (University of Southampton)

Green Retreats

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This lively and beautifully illustrated account follows some remarkable eighteenth-century women in their gardens.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 808g
• ISBN-13: 9781107040021
• ISBN-10: 1107040027
• Artikelnr.: 37801769

Autorenporträt

Stephen Bending is a Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Southampton.

Inhaltsangabe

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'.