Philosophy in the garden : eleven great authors, and the ideas they discovered in parks, yards and pots / monograph

Why Did Marcel Proust Have Bonsai Beside His Bed? What Was Jane Austen Doing In Chawton, Coveting An Apricot? How Was Friedrich Nietzsche Inspired By His Italian Gedankenbaum, 'thought Tree'? In Philosophy In The Garden, Damon Young Reveals Some Of Literature's Most Intimate Relationships: Between Authors And Their Gardens. Philosophy Alfresco -- Jane Austen: The Consolations Of Chawton Cottage -- Marcel Proust: Bonsai In The Bedroom -- Friedrich Nietzsche: The Thought-tree -- [sidonie-gabrielle] Colette: Sex And Roses -- Jean-jacques Rousseau: Botanical Confessors -- George Orwell: Down And Out With A Sharp Scythe -- Emily Dickinson: The Acres Of Perhaps -- Nikos Kazntzakis: Raking Stones -- Jean-paul Sartre: Chestnuts And Nothingness -- Voltaire [françois-marie Arouet]: The Best Of All Possible Estates -- A Stranger At The Gates. Damon Young. Why did Marcel Proust have bonsai beside his bed? What was Jane Austen doing, coveting an apricot? How was Friedrich Nietzsche inspired by his thought tree'? In Philosophy in the Garden, Damon Young explores one of literature's most intimate relationships: authors and their gardens. For some, the garden provided a retreat from workaday labour; for others, solitude's quiet counsel. For all, it played a philosophical role: giving their ideas a new life. Philosophy in the Garden reveals the profound thoughts discovered in parks, backyards and pot-plants. It does not provide tips for mowing overgrown cooch grass, or mulching a dry Japanese maple. It is a philosophical companion to the garden's labours and joys.