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The language of landscape / Anne Whiston Spirn

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [1998]Description: viii, 326 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780300077452
  • 9780300077452
Subject(s): Scope and content: This study suggests that the language of landscape exists with its own syntax, grammar, and metaphors, and that we imperil ourselves by failing to learn and speak this language. Spirn examines urban, rural, and natural landscapes, and discusses the thought of renowned landscape authors
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Includes bibliographical references and index

This study suggests that the language of landscape exists with its own syntax, grammar, and metaphors, and that we imperil ourselves by failing to learn and speak this language. Spirn examines urban, rural, and natural landscapes, and discusses the thought of renowned landscape authors

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