Description |
320 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm |
Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Subject |
English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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English literature. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
Subject |
Walking in literature.
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Walking in literature. |
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City and town life in literature.
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City and town life in literature. |
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Pedestrians in literature.
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Pedestrians in literature. |
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Walking -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Walking. |
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England. |
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History. |
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England -- Civilization -- 19th century.
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Civilization. |
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Modernism (Literature) -- Great Britain.
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Modernism (Literature) |
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Great Britain. |
Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Online version: Beaumont, Matthew, 1972- Walker London ; New York : Verso, 2020 9781788738941 (DLC) 2020024744 |
ISBN |
1788738918 hardcover |
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9781788738910 hardcover |
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9781788738941 electronic book |
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9781788738934 electronic book |
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