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Gardens

An Essay on the Human Condition

Gardens( )
Author: Harrison, Robert Pogue
ISBN:978-0-226-31789-2
Publication Date:May 2008
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $35.00
Book Description:

Humans have long turned to gardens--both real and imaginary--for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. Those gardens may be as far away from everyday reality as Gilgamesh's garden of the gods or as near as our own backyard, but in their very conception and the marks they bear of human care and cultivation, gardens stand as restorative, nourishing, necessary havens.

With Gardens, Robert Pogue Harrison graces readers with a thoughtful, wide-ranging...
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Book Details
Pages:262
Detailed Subjects: Gardening / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.694 x 8.697 x 0.858 Inches
Book Weight:0.898 Pounds



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