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O joy for me! : Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the origins of fell-walking in the Lake District, 1790-1802 / Keir Davidson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davidson, A. K. (A. Keir), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834.
- Mountains.
- Mountains--Recreational use.
- Hiking.
- History.
- Friends and associates.
- England--Lake District.
- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834--Homes and haunts--England--Lake District.
- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor.
- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834--Friends and associates.
- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834--Correspondence.
- Hiking--England--Lake District--History.
- Mountains--Recreational use--England--Lake District.
- Mountains--England--Lake District.
- Poets, English--18th century--Correspondence.
- Poets, English.
- Friendship.
- Homes.
- Genre:
- History.
- Records and correspondence.
- Correspondence.
- Personal correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 194 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Wilmington Square Books, 2018.
- Contents:
- 1 Establishing the 'Picturesque Tour' of the Lakes: 1755-1769 p. 1
- 2 Exploring the 'wild scenes of Nature": 1792-1802 p. 31
- 3 'Pedestrian Tours' and 'Peregrinations': Coleridge's Early Walks, 1794-1799 p. 59
- 'Pedestrian Tour' of North Wales, July-August 1794
- Walks around Nether Stowey, Somerset, June 1797-July 1798
- Tour of the Harz Mountains, Germany, May 1799
- 4 'Gentleman-poet and Philosopher in a Mist': Coleridge in the Lake District, 1799 and 1800 p. 72
- The 'pikteresk Toor' with William Wordsworth, October-November 1799
- 'At Home': Coleridge at Greta Hall, Keswick, 1800
- 5 'O Joy for me!': Coleridge's Lake District Walks, 1800 p. 101
- Dungeon Ghyll Force
- Ascent of Skiddaw, June
- Saddleback, July/August, and Bannerdale Crags, August
- Helvellyn Ridge to Grasmere, August
- Coledale Fells, September
- 'Back o'Skidda' and Carrock Fell, October
- 6 'To wander & wander for ever and ever': Coleridge's Lake District Walks, 1802 p. 131
- Walla Crag, April
- Nab Scar, April
- Nine-day Walk to the Coast and back via the summit of Scafell, August
- 7 'That poor, mad poet, Coleridge': The final Walks, 1803 p. 162
- The 'Walking Tour' with Southey, September
- Walk with Southey and Hazlitt through Borrowdale into Watendlath, October
- Coleridge's later reputation and the emergence of Fell-walking as a popular pastime
- 'The Fellwanderer' : Alfred Wainwright.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781912242054
- 1912242052
- OCLC:
- 1064940611
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