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The Art of Wandering: The Writer as Walker First Edition
Author(s): Merlin Coverley (Author)
- Publisher: Oldcastle Books
- Publication Date: 26 Jun. 2012
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 1842433709
- ISBN-13: 9781842433706
Book Description
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 figure of the wanderer returns to the forefront of the public imagination, writers and walkers from around the world are re-engaging with the ideas which animated earlier generations. For the walker is once again on the march, mapping new territory and recording new visions of the landscape.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Splendid, scholarly, and suffused with evocative stories and biographical sketches, Coverley’s book not only proffers pleasure and diversion but also potently explores the historical significance of the art of walking.” —Booklist
About the Author
Merlin Coverley is a writer and bookseller. He is the author of Pocket Essentials London Writing, Occult London, Psychogeography, and Utopia.
