Pursuing Innocent Pleasures: The Gardening World of Alexander Pope

by Peter Martin

Alexander Pope devoted more of himself to his garden, and to those of his friends, than to anything except perhaps his poetry. He was convinced that the art of gardening involved vital aesthetic and moral principles; that it was a source of great beauty; and that it was an element crucial to enlightened living. In these amply illustrated pages, Peter martin not only explains the importance of gardens in Pope's life, but also presents a new version of how the English landscape gardening "revolution" began in the early 1700s.

309 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Peter Martin is a graduate of and current Professor of English at Principia College, and a former garden historian for Colonial Williamsburg. He has written several books on historical and biographical topics, including: Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, Edmond Malone, and gardens and gardening in Williamsburg since 1600.

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