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Walking, Literature, and English Culture: The Origins and Uses of Peripatetic in the Nineteenth Century
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wallace, Anne D., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Walking--England--History--19th century.
- Walking.
- Walking in literature.
- England--Civilization--19th century.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 265 p.)
- Other Title:
- Walking, literature and English culture
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon, 1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780191674006 (ebook) :
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