The title is an allusion to Dante's first circle of Hell in The Divine Comedy-wherein the Philosophers of Greece live in a walled green garden-unable to enter heaven, but enjoying a small space of relative freedom in the heart of Hell.
The title is an allusion to Dante's first circle of Hell in The Divine Comedy, wherein the philosophers of Greece live in a walled green garden. They are unable to enter Heaven, but enjoy a small space of relative freedom in the heart of Hell.