Letters of a dead man / Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau, author ; Linda B. Parshall, editor and translator.

By:

Pückler-Muskau, Hermann, Fürst von, 1785-1871 [author.]

Contributor(s):

Parshall, Linda B [editor,, translator.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Ex Horto: Dumbarton Oaks texts in garden and landscape studiesPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, [2016]Description: xlv, 753 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780884024118
0884024113

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

838/.709 B 23

LOC classification:

PT2449.P7 Z48 2016

Other classification:

943 | 710

Online resources:

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents:

Letters of A dead man -- First Preface by the editor -- List of letters and topics -- Letters 1-48 -- Second Preface by the editor -- Postscript.

Summary: "In 1826, the prince of Pückler-Muskau embarked on a tour of England, Wales, and Ireland. Although captivated by all things British, his initial objective was to find a wealthy bride. He and his wife Lucie, having expended every resource on a plan to transform their estate into a vast landscape park, agreed to an amicable divorce, freeing him to forge an advantageous alliance that could rescue their project. For over two years, Pückler's letters home conveyed a vivid, often quirky, and highly entertaining account of his travels. From the metropolis of London, he toured the mines and factories of the Industrial Revolution and visited the grand estates and spectacular art collections maintained by its beneficiaries. He encountered the scourge of rural and urban poverty and found common cause with the oppressed Irish. With his gift for description, Pückler evokes the spectacular landscapes of Wales, the perils of transportation, and the gentle respite of manor houses and country inns. Part memoir, part travelogue and political commentary, part epistolary novel, Pückler's rhetorical flare and acute observations provoked the German poet Heinrich Heine to characterize him as the 'most fashionable of eccentric men--Diogenes on horseback.'"-- Publisher's website.

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 3 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Circulating Books	Pennsylvania Horticultural Society	New Books	PT2449.P7 Z48 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		3182700022089

Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Letters of A dead man -- First Preface by the editor -- List of letters and topics -- Letters 1-48 -- Second Preface by the editor -- Postscript.

"In 1826, the prince of Pückler-Muskau embarked on a tour of England, Wales, and Ireland. Although captivated by all things British, his initial objective was to find a wealthy bride. He and his wife Lucie, having expended every resource on a plan to transform their estate into a vast landscape park, agreed to an amicable divorce, freeing him to forge an advantageous alliance that could rescue their project. For over two years, Pückler's letters home conveyed a vivid, often quirky, and highly entertaining account of his travels. From the metropolis of London, he toured the mines and factories of the Industrial Revolution and visited the grand estates and spectacular art collections maintained by its beneficiaries. He encountered the scourge of rural and urban poverty and found common cause with the oppressed Irish. With his gift for description, Pückler evokes the spectacular landscapes of Wales, the perils of transportation, and the gentle respite of manor houses and country inns. Part memoir, part travelogue and political commentary, part epistolary novel, Pückler's rhetorical flare and acute observations provoked the German poet Heinrich Heine to characterize him as the 'most fashionable of eccentric men--Diogenes on horseback.'"-- Publisher's website.