by Mavis Batey · Tapa dura · ISBN 9781899531059
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«Alexander Pope: The Poet and the Landscape» is Mavis Batey's essay on the poet and landscape design, published by Barn Elms in hardback.
Mavis Batey studies the relationship between Alexander Pope, an 18th-century poet, and the great gardeners of his time. The author shows how Pope designed his grotto and his five acres at Twickenham, while advising on estates such as Chiswick and Marble Hill, and how his aesthetic influenced the landscape designer William Kent and the conception of the English garden.
Text in English. Alexander Pope lived between 1688 and 1744. Originally published in 1999; the volume includes bibliographic references and an index.
A work of interest to enthusiasts of the history of landscape design, English gardening and 18th-century literature.
