Seeds of a different eden : Chinese gardening ideas and a new English aesthetic ideal
by
Liu, Yu, 1955-
Title
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Seeds of a different eden : Chinese gardening ideas and a new English aesthetic ideal
Author
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Liu, Yu, 1955-
ISBN
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9781570037696
Personal Author
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Liu, Yu, 1955-
Publication Information
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Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, c2008.
Physical Description
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x, 208 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
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Introduction : Beyond Walpole and chinoiserie -- The impetus for change : Chinese sharawadgi and English horticultural naturalism -- The ambiguous contrast : the oriental tian (heaven) and the occidental zhu (deus) -- In the name of the ancients : Alexander Pope's iconoclastic georgic -- Landscape and freedom : Joseph Addison's affinity with nature -- The call of the wild : Shaftesbury's revolution of aesthetics and ethics -- The paradigmatic shift : the far eastern influence on western modernity.
Subject Term
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English literature -- History and criticism.
English literature -- Chinese influences.
Gardens, Chinese -- England.
Authors, English -- Aesthetics.
Gardens -- Social aspects.
Electronic Access
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Bibliographical References
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-200) and index.
Field 805
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npmlib 10603260 PR129 C6 L58 ysh
| Library | Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Copy | Material Type | Status |
|---|
| NPM Library | PR129 C6 L58 2008 | 10603260 | 1 | B | *二館西文書一區 |