An author & a gardener : the gardens and friendship of Edith Wharton and Laurence Johnston / / Allan R. Ruff

• Autore: Ruff Allan R.
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, [England] ; ; Havertown, Pennsylvania : , : Windgather Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (393 p.)
• Disciplina: 712.0922
• Soggetto topico: Women authors, American - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Hidcote Manor Garden (England)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover ; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: The New York Beginnings; The Jones Family of New York; The Johnston and Waterbury Families; New York's Murray Hill; Deaths of their Fathers; Entry into Society; Escape from New York; Notes and References; Chapter 2: The Arbiter of Taste; The Education of Edith Jones Wharton; 'Land's End'; Edith Wharton and the American Renaissance; Notes and References; Chapter 3: 'The Mount' and Italian Gardens; The Making of 'The Mount' ; Collaboration with Beatrix (Jones) Farrand; Reaction to the Mount and its Garden ; Peace and Contentment Travels in Italy; Travels by Car; Back to the Mount ; Farewell to the Mount ; Notes and References; Chapter 4: The Making of a Gardener; Education at Cambridge; The Network of Friends; The Second Boer War; Johnston the Soldier; The High Society of Gardeners; The Purchase of Hidcote; Notes and References; Chapter 5: The Cotswolds and the American Diaspora; Mary Anderson; Alfred Parsons; Arrival at Hidcote; Lady Elcho and the Souls; Notes and References; Chapter 6: Edith Wharton in England; Wharton and the Aristocracy; Close Women Friends; Henry James ; Wharton's Inner Circle Howard Sturgis; Wharton and the Inner Circle; Coopersale; Notes and References; Chapter 7: Making the Garden at Hidcote; The House; The Garden; The Old Garden; Influences and Friends; The New Garden; The Main Vista; The Fuchsia and Pool Gardens; Mrs Winthrop's Garden; Travels to Egypt and Italy; The Theatre Lawn; The Rest of the Garden; Notes and References; Chapter 8: The First World War; The Reality of War; Mobilisation; The First Battle of Ypres; The Continuing Struggle; The Final Years of the War; Notes and References; Chapter 9: Hidcote and Friends; Norah Lindsay ; The Hon. Bill Barrington and the Ménage à TroisA Return to Hidcote; A Changing Emphasis; Westonbirt; Notes and References; Chapter 10: Edith Wharton and her French Gardens; The Pavillon Colombe at Saint-Brice; Hyères: Sainte-Claire; The Garden at Ste-Claire; A Day with Edith Wharton; Notes and References; Chapter 11: Johnston and the French Riviera; Menton; Serre de la Madone; Life at Menton; La Mortola; Friends and Neighbours; Financial Restraints; Notes and References; Chapter 12: Plants and Plant Collecting; South Africa; China, Rhododendrons and George Forrest; Afterwards ; Notes and References Chapter 13: Lawrence Johnston: The Diary Years 1929-1932; Diary Entries for 1929; Diary Entries for 1932; Notes and References; Chapter 14: The Final Chapter; Correspondence with Beatrix Farrand; Louis Bromfield and the Presbytère Saint-Étienne; Edith Wharton's Last Years; The Second World War; Nancy Lindsay; Hidcote and the National Trust; Serre de la Madone; Notes and References; Chapter 15: Afterwards; The Mount; The Pavillon Colombe; Sainte-Claire; Hidcote Manor; Serre de la Madone; Notes and References; Chapter 16: Conclusions and Legacies; The Italian-inspired Garden ; The Character of Lawrence Johnston
• Sommario/riassunto: In August 1937 a small group of Edith Wharton's intimate friends gathered to pay their last respects at her funeral in France. Among that small group of people was her friend for many years, Lawrence 'Johnnie' Johnston, the creator of two famous gardens, at Hidcote Manor, Gloucestershire, in England and Serre de la Madone, Menton, on the Cote d'Azur in the south of France. Wharton and Johnston shared not only a love of nature and gardens but also a shared experience of life. Both were private people who had had very similar childhoods, experiencing the loss of their fathers at an early age. Ye
• Titolo autorizzato: An author & a gardener
• ISBN: 1-909686-47-6; 1-909686-49-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797224103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II