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020			_a9781139626927 (ebook)
020			_z9781107040021 (hardback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aSB469.9 _b.B46 2013
082	0	0	_a635.082 _223
100	1		_aBending, Stephen, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aGreen Retreats : _bWomen, Gardens and Eighteenth-Century Culture / _cStephen Bending.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (319 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aGreen Retreats presents a lively and beautifully illustrated account of eighteenth-century women in their gardens, in the context of the larger history of their retirement from the world – whether willed or enforced – and of their engagement with the literature of gardening. Beginning with a survey of cultural representations of the woman in the garden, Stephen Bending goes on to tell the stories, through their letters, diaries and journals, of some extraordinary eighteenth-century women including Elizabeth Montagu and the Bluestocking circle, the gardening neighbours Lady Caroline Holland and Lady Mary Coke, and Henrietta Knight, Lady Luxborough, renowned for her scandalous withdrawal from the social world. The emphasis on how gardens were used, as well as designed, allows the reader to rethink the place of women in the eighteenth century, and understand what was at stake for those who stepped beyond the flower garden and created their own landscapes.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107040021
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139626927
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37307 _d37307