LEADER 00000cam a2200697 i 4500 001 on1141140655 003 OCoLC 005 20210113095631.0 008 200608t20202020enka b 001 0 eng 010 2020024743 019 1198441977|a1204229535 020 1788738918|qhardcover 020 9781788738910|qhardcover 020 |z9781788738941|qelectronic book 020 |z9781788738934|qelectronic book 035 (OCoLC)1141140655|z(OCoLC)1198441977|z(OCoLC)1204229535 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dOCLCO|dBDX|dOCLCF|dUKMGB|dPX0|dYDX |dOCLCO|dRID 042 pcc 043 e-uk-en|ae-uk--- 049 RIDM 050 00 PR468.W35|bB43 2020 082 00 820.9|223 090 PR468.W35|bB43 2020 100 1 Beaumont, Matthew,|d1972-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ names/n2006074300|eauthor. 245 14 The walker :|bon finding and losing yourself in the modern city /|cMatthew Beaumont. 264 1 London ;|aBrooklyn, NY :|bVerso,|c2020. 264 4 |c©2020 300 320 pages :|billustrations (black and white) ;|c24 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Introduction: Lost and unlost steps -- Convalescing -- Going astray -- Disappearing -- Fleeing -- Wandering -- Collapsing -- Striding, staring -- Beginning -- Stumbling -- Not belonging -- Afterword: Walking in London and Paris at night. 520 "Whether one considers Dickens's insomniac night-time perambulations or restless excursions through the faceless monuments of today's neoliberal city, the act of walking is one of self-discovery and escape, of disappearances and secret subversions. Pacing stride for stride alongside literary amblers and thinkers such as Edgar Allan Poe, André Breton, H. G. Wells, Virginia Woolf, Jean Rhys, and Ray Bradbury, Beaumont explores the relationship between the metropolis and its pedestrian life"--|cProvided by publisher. 648 7 19th century|2fast 648 7 1800-1899|2fast 650 0 English literature|y19th century|xHistory and criticism. |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102754 650 0 Walking in literature.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh94009030 650 0 City and town life in literature.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh85026256 650 0 Pedestrians in literature.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities /subjects/sh94007558 650 0 Walking|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85144900|zEngland|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n82068148-781|xHistory|y19th century.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2002006167 650 0 Modernism (Literature)|zGreat Britain.|0https://id.loc.gov /authorities/subjects/sh2008107889 650 7 English literature.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 911989 650 7 Walking in literature.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast /1170083 650 7 City and town life in literature.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/862097 650 7 Pedestrians in literature.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/ fast/1056398 650 7 Walking.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1170049 650 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/958235 650 7 Civilization.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/862898 650 7 Modernism (Literature)|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast /1024455 651 0 England|xCivilization|y19th century.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh85043278 651 7 England.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1219920 651 7 Great Britain.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204623 655 7 Criticism, interpretation, etc.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/1411635 655 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 776 08 |iOnline version:|aBeaumont, Matthew, 1972-|tWalker |dLondon ; New York : Verso, 2020|z9781788738941|w(DLC) 2020024744 901 MARCIVE 20231220 994 C0|bRID
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