Edith Wharton and the American garden
By: [Robin Karson ... et al.].
Contributors: Karson, Robin S.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: The Mount Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lenox, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
Subjects: Gardens; Congresses; Design; History; Gardening; Homes and haunts; Mount, The (Lenox, Mass.)
Notes: "The papers in the collection were originally presented as lectures at the Garden Conference at The Mount, 'Edith Wharton and the American garden', which took place on May 18-21, 2006"--P. ix.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A genius for place : American landscapes of the country place era / Robin Karson; title: Edith Wharton : an encounter with the Berkshires / Honey Sharp; title: Sensations of the unexpected : the untamed forms and disciplined lines of Edith Wharton's American villa / David H. Bennett; title: Opposites attract : the garden art of Charles Platt, Maxfield Parrish, and Edith Wharton / Rebecca Warren Davidson; title: Wild gardens and pathways at The Mount : George B. Dorr and the Mount Desert Island influence / Ronald H. Epp; title: Circles of influence : Edith Wharton and the gardens of the Anglo-American expatriate community / Ethne Clarke; title: Edith Wharton's plants : her influence on the Riviera and in Southern California / Diane Kostial McGuire; title: The romantic and the practical : Edith Wharton and Beatrix Farrand as gardeners and garden writers / Eleanor Dwight; title: Edith Wharton's literary garden / Betsy Anderson; title: Edith Wharton and the cultivation of voice, authority, passion, and privilege / Paula Panich; title: Edith Wharton, The Mount, and the future / Hugh Hardy.