Paper Gardens
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A01=Evelyne Bloch-Dano
Author_Evelyne Bloch-Dano
botanical
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Duras
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imagination
Proust
reflection
representation
Rousseau
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- ISBN 9780813940250
- Weight: 350g
- Dimensions: 197 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 26 Apr 2018
- Publisher: University of Virginia Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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From Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Marcel Proust, from Marguerite Duras to George Sand, from Colette to Patrick Modiano, gardens appear in novels as representations of the real world, but also as reflections of the imagination. In Paper Gardens: A Stroll through French Literature, Evelyne Bloch-Dano contemplates the role of the garden in the work of great prose writers, ruminating on how the garden can variously symbolize a reflection of the soul, a well-earned rest, an improving form of work, a nostalgia for childhood, and the dream of an ideal world.
The charming and erudite first section focuses on history and is devoted to types of gardens ranging from the biblical Garden of Eden to English parklands; the second perceptively considers their role in literary works. Concealed within these cultivated wanderings is also an element of autobiography. Lovers of literature and gardening alike will fall in love with this beautifully written meditation.
The charming and erudite first section focuses on history and is devoted to types of gardens ranging from the biblical Garden of Eden to English parklands; the second perceptively considers their role in literary works. Concealed within these cultivated wanderings is also an element of autobiography. Lovers of literature and gardening alike will fall in love with this beautifully written meditation.
Evelyne Bloch-Dano is a prizewinning and widely translated author whose most notable works include the biographies Madame Zola (1997, Elle magazine's Grand prix des lectrices), Flora Tristan: La femme-messie (2001, Prix François Billetdoux), Madame Proust (2004, Prix Renaudot de l'essai), and Le Dernier amour de George Sand (2010) as well as many other titles.
Teresa Lavender Fagan is a freelance translator living in Chicago.
Alice Kaplan is the John M. Musser Professor of French at Yale University and the author of Dreaming in French.
Teresa Lavender Fagan is a freelance translator living in Chicago.
Alice Kaplan is the John M. Musser Professor of French at Yale University and the author of Dreaming in French.
