The Elmhirsts of Dartington
豆瓣
The Creation of an Utopian Community
Michael Young
简介
The story of two remarkable people and the place they made, is told in this book by one who was himself intimately involved in their work.
Michael Young recounts the lives of Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst - She the daughter of an American millionaire; he the son of a Yorkshire parson and secretary to Rabindranath Tagore in Bengal before he married Dorothy. He also tell the story of the foundation of the Dartington Hall Trust and its aims and achievements up to 1978.
contents
01 Introduction
02 The Englishman
03 The American
04 Together
05 The English Experiment
06 To the Totnes Station
07 Microcosm
08 The Larger Spirit that Infuses All Life
09 A New Day for the Arts
10 Town-Country
11 Cultivation of the Land
12 Revival of Rural Industry
13 Retrospect
Family Trees
Sources and Notes
Index