Walking, Literature and English Culture

Walking, Literature and English Culture The Origins and Uses of Peripatetic in the Nineteenth Century

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Publisher's Synopsis

A cultural history of walking in 19th-century England, assessing its importance in literature and in culture at large. Rereading Wordsworth in the context of changes in transport, agriculture, and aesthetics, Anne D. Wallace articulates an unacknowledged literary mode - pedestrianism.

Book information

ISBN: 9780198183280
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Imprint: Clarendon Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 820.9355
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 265
Weight: 356g
Height: 136mm
Width: 215mm
Spine width: 16mm