Locus amoenus gardens and horticulture in the Renaissance / edited by Alexander Samson.

Contents Introduction: Locus amoenus : gardens and horticulture in the Renaissance / Alexander Samson -- The world of the Renaissance herbal / Brent Elliott -- Clinging to the past : medievalism in the English "Renaissance" garden / Paula Henderson -- River gods : personifying nature in sixteenth-century Italy / Claudia Lazzaro -- Dissembling his art : "Gascoigne's Gardnings" / Susan C. Staub -- "My innocent diversion of gardening" : Mary Somerset's plants / Jennifer Munroe -- Outdoor pursuits : Spanish gardens, the "huerto," and Lope de Vega's Novelas a Marcia Leonarda / Alexander Samson -- Experiencing the past : the archaeology of some Renaissance gardens / Brian Dix.
General note"Originally published as volume 25, issue 1 of Renaissance studies"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Other title Renaissance studies.
LCCN 2011042245
ISBN9781444361513 (pbk.)
ISBN9781444396751 (ePDF)
ISBN9781444396775 (Wiley Online Library)
ISBN9781444396768 (ePub)

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