Title & Author:

The Genius of the place : the English landscape garden, 1620-1820 / edited by John Dixon Hunt and Peter Willis.

Publication:

London : Elek, 1975.

Description:

xx, 390 pages : illustrations, plans, portraits ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-382) and index.
Part one: Prelude: the seventeenth century and the reign of Queen Anne -- Henry Wotton (1568-1639) -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- John Evelyn (1620-1706) -- Andrew Marvell (1621-78) -- John Milton (1608-74) -- Rene Rapin (1621-87) -- John Woolridge (fl. 1669-98) -- Charles Cotton (1630-87) -- William Temple (1628-99) -- Timothy Nourse (d. 1699) -- George London (d. 1714) and Henry WIse (1653-1738) -- Roger de Piles (1635-1709) -- John Vanbrugh (1664-1726) -- Anthony Ashley Cooper (1671-1713) -- A.J. Dezallier D'Argenville (1680-1765) -- John Lawrence (d. 1732) -- Charles Evelyn (pseud.) (dates unknown) -- Part two: The early landscape garden -- Joseph Addison (1672-1719) -- Samuel Molyneux (1689-1727) -- Stephen Switzer (?1682-1745) -- Lord Perceval (1683-1748) -- Daniel Defoe (c. 1661-1731) -- Beat Louis de Muralt (1665-1749) -- Batty Langley (1696-1751) -- Robert Castell (d. 1729) -- James Thomson (1700-48) -- Sir John Clerk (1676-1755) -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Gilbert West (1703-56) -- Anonymous -- Robert Morris (1701-54) -- Philip Yorke (1720-90) -- Joseph Warton (1722-1800) -- William Shenstone (1714-63) -- William Gilpin (1724-1804) -- Henry Fielding (1707-54) -- Part three: The progress of gardening -- Richard Pococke (1704-65) -- Joseph Spence (1699-1768) -- Francis Coventry (d. 1759) -- Samuel Richardson (1689-1761) -- John Shebbeare (1709-88) -- William Chambers (1723-96) -- William Shenstone (1714-63) -- Thomas Whately (d. 1772) -- William Mason (1725-97) -- Horace Walpole (1717-97) -- Part four: Picturesque taste and the garden -- William Chambers (1723-96) and William Mason (1725-97) -- Joseph Heely (fl. 1770s) -- Vicesimus Knox (1752-1821) -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) -- William Gilpin (1724-1804) -- Richard Payne Knight (1750-1824) -- Uvedale Price (1747-1829) -- Humphrey Repton (1752-1818) -- William Combe (1741-1823) -- Jane Austen (1775-1817) -- Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866).
Also issued online.

Summary:

Presents an anthology and commentary on the English landscape garden.

ISBN:

023631033X
9780236310333
0236401661 (pbk.)
9780236401666 (pbk.)

Subject:

Gardens, English History.
Gardens Literary collections.
Literature, Modern 17th century.
Literature, Modern 18th century.
Literature, Modern.
Nature in literature.
Landscapes in art.
Nature dans la littérature.
Jardins anglais Histoire.
Paysages dans l'art.
Jardins Architecture Angleterre.
Littérature 17e siècle.
Littérature 18e siècle.
Gardens
Gardens, English
Landschaftsgarten
Quelle
Arquitetura Paisagistica.
Jardins Grande-Bretagne.
Littérature anglaise 17e siècle.
Littérature anglaise 18e siècle.
England
Gardens Landscaping England, 1624-1816. Readings from contemporary sources
Landscaping.
Horticulture.

Form/genre:

Literature
History
Literary collections
Littérature.

Added entries:

Hunt, John Dixon, editor.
Willis, Peter, 1933-2016, editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 82250
Call No.: SB457.6.G46 (0001899)
Status: Available