An edition of Seeds of a different eden
(2008)
Seeds of a different eden
Chinese gardening ideas and a new English aesthetic ideal
by Liu, Yu
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Aesthetics, Authors, English, Chinese Gardens, Chinese influences, English Authors, English literature, Gardens, Gardens, Chinese, History and criticism, Social aspects, Social aspects of Gardens, English literature, history and criticism, Gardens, china, Authors, english, Gardens, great britainPlaces
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Seeds of a different eden: Chinese gardening ideas and a new English aesthetic ideal
2008, University of South Carolina Press
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1570037698 9781570037696
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Table of Contents
Introduction : Beyond Walpole and chinoiserie
The impetus for change : Chinese sharawadgi and English horticultural naturalism
The ambiguous contrast : the oriental tian (heaven) and the occidental zhu (deus)
In the name of the ancients : Alexander Pope's iconoclastic georgic
Landscape and freedom : Joseph Addison's affinity with nature
The call of the wild : Shaftesbury's revolution of aesthetics and ethics
The paradigmatic shift : the far eastern influence on western modernity.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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