Der Garten im Fokus kultureller Diskurse im 18. Jahrhundert

The Garden in the Focus of Cultural Discourses in the Eighteenth Century

Autor*innen

• Hans Peter Wagner

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• 285 Seiten
• 10 Lesestunden

• Landwirtschaft

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The fourth volume in the LAPASEC series features essays from an international conference held in Landau in June 2014, bringing together scholars from the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, and Spain. The collection highlights significant papers from the event, supplemented by additional contributions that explore the (landscape) garden in the long eighteenth century. It addresses overlooked aspects of garden discourse during the Enlightenment and early Romanticism, revealing the richness of European garden culture from a comparative perspective. The book emphasizes the interplay between theory, practice, and both metaphorical and concrete appropriations of gardens, leading to its division into three parts: the theory of gardens, the garden as utopos and eutopos, and the influence of exotic (non-European) gardens on the Old World. Each section examines the interconnectedness of these discourses, employing the concept of the rhizome—originating from botany and further developed by Deleuze and Guattari—as a framework. Through this collection of scholarly essays, the editors aim to present vital contemporary research on gardens, echoing Voltaire's call to "cultivate our garden." The work not only engages with this idea but also illustrates how garden discourse shaped the aesthetics and thought of Voltaire's era.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015