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The Green Fuse
Essays in Making Sense of Gardens
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Dig deep into our powerful connection with gardens across media and realms of human experience—from music to philosophy, painting to religion. Why do interiors of houses mimic nature—the wallpapers and curtains, flowers in vases, a vaporiser in the bathroom? Why do we so often connect our...
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Why do interiors of houses mimic nature the wallpapers and curtains, flowers in vases, a vaporiser in the bathroom? Why do we so often connect our childhoods with gardens? Why has the myth of a lost Eden been so ubiquitous and so formative?
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Dig deep into our powerful connection with gardens across media and realms of human experience—from music to philosophy, painting to religion.
Why do interiors of houses mimic nature—the wallpapers and curtains, flowers in vases, a vaporiser in the bathroom? Why do we so often connect our childhoods with gardens? Why has the myth of a lost Eden been so ubiquitous and so formative?
The Green Fuse: Essays in Making Sense of Gardens explores our deep-rooted impulses to create gardens, examining them through the lenses of history, religion, nostalgia, and myth. It connects gardens with the other arts—painting, music, literature, and theatre—and contemplates their intellectual and philosophical significance. Blending lyrical reflections with research, it offers an unusually wide-ranging and thoughtful perspective on gardens and why we make them. It will be ideal for all readers interested in gardening and its cultural implications.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781836390282
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 12 May 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Reaktion Books
Illustration: 41 illustrations, 19 in colour
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Peter Dale lives in Essex, United Kingdom. A longstanding contributor to Hortus, he has written extensively on literature, music and gardens, and his previous books include The Irish Garden: A Cultural History (2018) and, with Brandon C. Yen, Versed in Living Nature: Wordsworth's Trees (Reaktion, 2022).
Also by Peter Dale
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