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The Once and Future Gardener : Garden Writing from the Golden Age of Magazines, 1900-1940 - Hardcover
The first four decades of the 20th century provided the average American with the best magazines published in this country, as well as our most distinguished garden writing. These journals had a formative influence on American culture. Many of their garden articles were by renowned authors, but some of the best were by amateurs who wrote about their gardens with enthusiasm & intelligence. Over 50 of these marvels of garden prose are included here. Chapters from: Wild Gardens & Formal Gardens to A Year in the Garden & The Philosophical Gardener. Includes photos from the articles themselves, as well as a color plate section reproducing 21 glorious magazine covers.
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Virginia Clayton is an Associate Curator at the National Gallery of Art.
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Clayton, associate curator of old master prints at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, introduces this anthology with a succinct history of the literature of amateur gardening and of gardening in mainstream magazines. The 59 articles she has chosen from popular pre-World War II titles such as The House Beautiful and Country Life in America cover a broad range of topics. There are literary essays by well-known professionals as well as more practical ones by amateur gardeners whose advice is often still useful. The somewhat artificial organization is by chapters ranging from "A Year in the Garden" to "Formal, Italian Gardens and the Use of Architectural Features and Furnishings." Clayton provides capsule biographies of the authors and places each selection in its historical context. Reprints of the black-and-white illustrations, plus color plates of some of the magazine covers, add to the reader's pleasure. Recommended for large public and academic libraries.
-Daniel Starr, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
-Daniel Starr, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherDavid R. Godine
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0788198548
- ISBN 13 9780788198540
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages312
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The Once and Future Gardener : Garden Writing from the Golden Age of Magazines, 1900-1940
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