"Rome and the Literature of Gardens" explores the garden as a
powerful locus of transformation and transgression in the "De Re
Rustica" of Columella, the "Satires" of Horace, the "Annals" of
Tacitus, and the "Confessions" of Saint Augustine. In keeping with
the approach of this series, a concluding chapter examines the
reincarnation of these expressions in the contemporary plays
"Arcadia" and "The Invention of Love" by Tom Stoppard. Many books
on gardens in ancient Rome concentrate on either technical
agricultural manuals, or pastoral poetry, or the physical remains
of Roman gardens. Instead, this book considers images of gardens
from a kaleidoscope of genres, especially those that the Romans
made their own: satire, annalistic history, and autobiography. This
atypical approach makes a unique contribution to the field of Latin
literature and garden history, bridging the gap between material
culture and cultural history.
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