Book ID: 53442
Hunt, John Dixon (ed.)
The Oxford Book of Garden Verse. 1993.XXXV,341 p gr8vo.Hardcover.
In this anthology successive historical periods of gardening - fromenclosed garden and landscape park to Victorian flower-garden and modernpatio - are mirrored in verse from the Middle Ages to the present day.While poets have eagerly seized upon the metaphorical associationsgardens inspire, they have also been attracted to the opportunities theyoffer for description, both romantic and rubust.