Rome and the literature of gardens
Exploring the garden as a 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, this book considers images of gardens from a kaleidoscope of genres, those that the Romans made their own
Print Book, English, 2006
Duckworth, London, 2006