Synopsis
Alternating discursive accounts with fictional vignettes that recreate time and place, this book skillfully integrates the history of French gardens with the modern history of ideas.
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About the Author
Denise Le Dantec is a poet and Professor of Philosophy at the Centre National d'Enseignement A Distance, Paris.
Jean-Pierre Le Dantec is a Professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Paris-La-Villette.
Jessica Levine is a writer and translator living in New York City. She has previously translated two works by Manfredo Tafuri, History of Italian Architecture, 1944-1985 and Venice and the Renaissance.
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Alternating discursive accounts, or allees, with fictional vignettes that recreate time and place, the Le Dantecs integrate the history of French gardens with the modern history of ideas.
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