| Description |
1 online resource (302 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; About the Book; About the Author; Title; Dedication; Contents; Introduction: The Writer as Walker; Chapter One: The Walker as Philosopher; Chapter Two: The Walker as Pilgrim; Chapter Three: The Imaginary Walker; Chapter Four: The Walker as Vagrant; Chapter Five: The Walker and the Natural World; Chapter Six: The Walker as Visionary; Chapter Seven: The Flâneur; Chapter Eight: Experimental Walking; Chapter Nine: The Return of the Walker; Bibliography; Online Sources; Acknowledgement; By the Same Author; Copyright |
| Summary |
The Art of Wandering is a history of that curious hybrid, the writer as walker. From the peripatetic philosophers of Ancient Greece to the streets of twenty-first century London, Paris and New York, this figure has evolved through the centuries, the philosopher and the Romantic giving way to the experimentalist and radical. From pilgrim to pedestrian, flâneur to stalker, the names may change but the activity of walking remains constant, creating a literary tradition encompassing philosophy and poetry, the novel and the manifesto; a tradition which this book explores in detail. Today, as the fi |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Geography -- Psychological aspects
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Geographical perception in literature.
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Landscapes in literature.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Mind & Body.
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Geographical perception in literature
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Geography -- Psychological aspects
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Landscapes in literature
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781842436400 |
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1842436406 |
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