[Milton-L] Milton and Gardens

[Hannibal Hamlin]

You might also want to think about this topic by way of Genesis 1-3, which
was of course a preoccupation of Milton's, but which also greatly influenced
thinking on gardens and horticulture. There is an armful (at least) of books
on Milton and Genesis. On gardens in particular, which I happen to have been
reading about recently, see Terry Comito's *The Idea of the Garden in the
Renaissance*, and Rebecca Bushnell's *Green Desire: Imagining Early Modern
English Gardens*. These are about earlier gardens, of course, but would be
useful on where Milton is coming from (rather than where others are taking
him). James Turner's *The Politics of Landscape* is also important.
Hannibal


On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Joshua Scodel <jscodel at uchicago.edu>wrote:

> Dear Louis,
> I think John Dixon Hunt is your man:  lots of books and articles on the
> 18th-century landscape gardening, including one in Milton Studies
> specifically on Milton's influence.
>
> Best,
>
> Josh
>
>
>  On Jun 18, 2009, at 9:32 AM, Schwartz, Louis wrote:
>
>   To the list:
>
>
>
> I have a colleague over in the Philosophy Dept. who is doing some work on
> the aesthetics of the landscape, and as you can imagine has been coming
> across many references to Milton, especially in respect to the 18thCentury.  Since I haven’t done much thinking or work on the subject, I was
> hoping the list might offer some suggestions about what to read on Milton
> and the development of landscape painting and gardening or landscaping in
> the 18th Century and after.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
>
> Louis
>
>
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