Stonypath Days: Letters between Ian Hamilton Finlay and Stephen Bann 1970-72

by Ian Hamilton Finlay, Stephen Bann (Editor)

Overview

A companion to Midway, this is the second volume of letters of Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006), the leading Scottish poet, artist, sculptor, and garden designer. His garden at Stonypath, now called "Little Sparta" has been described as "the only truly original garden created since 1945."

These letters to and from Finlay's friend, the English poet and scholar Stephen Bann, center on the initial development of the garden near Edinburgh. They cover Finlay's turn away from poetry towards sculpture and garden design and the thinking behind, and consequences of, this development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781908524720
Publisher:	Bitter Lemon Press, Ltd
Publication date:	09/13/2016
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

Preface 7

Note to the Reader 11

Introduction 13

I January-December 1970 23

Plates 109

II January 1971-January 1972 111

Works Ian Hamilton Finlay 180

Works Stephen Bann 195

Biographical Index 197