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A review by missflamingo
Philosophy In The Garden by Damon Young
4.0
Philosophy in the Garden is a thoughtfully cultivated collection of short biographies.
From Emily Dickinson to Voltaire, author Damon Young offers a glimpse into the minds of 13 writers together with his insights into who they were and why they wrote as they did. This slim volume is a canny introduction to some great minds and their ideas. Each chapter provides a portrait of a writer with the author’s perspective on how their ideals transplanted to their relationship with the natural world.
Discover why Jane Austen wrote so few of her novels while residing in Bath, and how Emily Dickinson’s “blooms were more renowned than her stanzas” during her lifetime. If a reader wishes to dig further Young has included a comprehensive bibliography in the final chapter. Available at the Noosaville Library and highly recommended.
@SuzAnne King and featured in the NoosaToday paper.
From Emily Dickinson to Voltaire, author Damon Young offers a glimpse into the minds of 13 writers together with his insights into who they were and why they wrote as they did. This slim volume is a canny introduction to some great minds and their ideas. Each chapter provides a portrait of a writer with the author’s perspective on how their ideals transplanted to their relationship with the natural world.
Discover why Jane Austen wrote so few of her novels while residing in Bath, and how Emily Dickinson’s “blooms were more renowned than her stanzas” during her lifetime. If a reader wishes to dig further Young has included a comprehensive bibliography in the final chapter. Available at the Noosaville Library and highly recommended.
@SuzAnne King and featured in the NoosaToday paper.