LEADER 03990nam 22006491c 450 001 9910814798203321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a1-4725-4007-7 010 $a1-4725-0251-5 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472540072 035 $a(CKB)2670000000430234 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10771825 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001167483 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11656892 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001167483 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11130754 035 $a(PQKB)10435744 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1394921 035 $a(OCoLC)944224304 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255241 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000430234 100 $a20140929e2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRome and the literature of the gardens $fVictoria Emma Paga?n 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon $cBloomsbury $d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (173 p.) 225 1 $aClassical inter/faces 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7156-3506-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index 327 $aCover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Sites of Contest -- 1 The Garden of Empire -- 2 The Garden of Politics -- 3 The Garden of Representation -- 4 The Garden of Redemption -- 5 The Invention of Gardens -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $a""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 330 8 $a"Rome and the Literature of Gardens" explores the garden as a powerful locus of transformation and transgression in the "De Re Rustica" of Columella, the "Satires" of Horace, the "Annals" of Tacitus, and the "Confessions" of Saint Augustine. In keeping with the approach of this series, a concluding chapter examines the reincarnation of these expressions in the contemporary plays "Arcadia" and "The Invention of Love" by Tom Stoppard. Many books on gardens in ancient Rome concentrate on either technical agricultural manuals, or pastoral poetry, or the physical remains of Roman gardens. Instead, this book considers images of gardens from a kaleidoscope of genres, especially those that the Romans made their own: satire, annalistic history, and autobiography. This atypical approach makes a unique contribution to the field of Latin literature and garden history, bridging the gap between material culture and cultural history 410 0$aClassical inter/faces. 606 $aGardens$xSymbolic aspects 606 $2European history 606 $aGardens in literature 606 $aLatin literature 607 $aRome 615 0$aGardens$xSymbolic aspects. 615 0$aGardens in literature. 615 0$aLatin literature. 676 $a870.9364 676 $a870.9364 700 $aPagan$b Victoria Emma$f1965-$0751078 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814798203321 996 $aRome and the literature of the gardens$94115328 997 $aUNINA