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By Any Other Name: A Cultural History of the Rose by Simon Morley

'Fascinating...I'll never look at a rose in quite the same way again.' Adrian Tinniswood

The rose is bursting with meaning. Over the centuries it has come to represent love and sensuality, deceit, death and the mystical unknown. Today the rose enjoys unrivalled popularity across the globe, ever present at life's seminal moments.

Grown in the Middle East two thousand years ago for its pleasing scent and medicinal properties, it has become one of the most adored flowers across cultures, no longer selected by nature, but by us. The rose is well-versed at enchanting human hearts. From Shakespeare's sonnets to Bulgaria's Rose Valley to the thriving rose trade in Africa and the Far East, via museums, high fashion, Victorian England and Belle Epoque France, we meet an astonishing array of species and hybrids of remarkably different provenance.

This is the story of a hardy, thorny flower and how, by beauty and charm, it came to seduce the world.

By Any Other Name Reviews

'Fascinating material, surveyed with relish and acumen.'

-- Times Literary Supplement

'Fascinating. Morley moves effortlessly from ancient Greece and Rome to the latest research in neurobiology, taking in alchemy and Pre-Raphaelite art, Modernist poetry and the Grateful Dead along the way. I'll never look at a rose in quite the same way again.'

-- Adrian Tinniswood, author of Behind the Throne

'Morley's book is, in part, the story of how humans came to raise roses so consistently and abundantly that we demand them even in freezing February. First, though, By Any Other Name recounts the love affair with a flower that drove us to want to do that in the first place.'

-- Wall Street Journal

'An intellectual and artistic journey... digging around the history of how roses have become entangled with human life. By Any Other Name will be a source of inspiration for us.'

-- Kim Wook-Kyun, President of the South Korea Rose Society

'Quite brilliant... A powerful reminder of how humanity simply cannot exist without the support of nature's beauty represented by this simple shrub.'

-- Jonny Norton, Head Gardener at Mottisfont Abbey

'By Any Other Name...explores the many facets that make the rose stand out from the rest. Morley expertly crafts the story of the rose from its humble beginnings to its present reality.'

* Washington Gardener *

'From the etymology of its name to the breeders' search for perfection, via its role in poetry, prose and art, rose growers with a penchant for learning will find this a satisfying read.'

-- Choice

About Simon Morley

Simon Morley is a British artist and art historian. He is the author of several books and catalogue essays on modern and contemporary art, and his art reviews and essays have been published in numerous magazines and journals, including the TLS, Modern Painters, Tate Magazine, the Independent on Sunday, World Art and Third Text. Previously a lecturer at the Sotheby's Institute and at Winchester School of Art, he is now Assistant Professor of Fine Art at Dankook University, Republic of Korea. He is also a keen rose gardener.

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NGR9780861540525

ISBN 13

9780861540525

ISBN 10

0861540522

Title

By Any Other Name: A Cultural History of the Rose by Simon Morley

Author

Simon Morley

Condition

New

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Oneworld Publications

Year published

20211007

Number of pages

304

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