The Art of Walking in London : Representing the Eighteenth-Century City, 1700-1830 / Alison O'Byrne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Byrne, Alison, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Walking in literature.

English literature--18th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

City and town life in literature.

London (England)--In literature.

London (England).

London (England)--Social life and customs--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 268 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Considering how the mobility afforded by walking made possible the various surveys and tours that characterized descriptions of the capital during the long eighteenth century, this study engages with accounts across genres to demonstrate how walking shaped representations of the eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century city"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Introduction : negotiating a city shower

Mobility and spectatorship in the early eighteenth-century city : the art of walking the streets of London

Promenading the mall in St. James's Park

Imagining the stranger : the tourist in the streets of eighteenth-century London

London spied

Metropolitan pleasures and grievances : reimagining the art of walking the streets of London

Conclusion : "much has chang'd since trivia trod with Gay"

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Dec 2024).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781009523981

1009523988

9781009523998

1009523996

9781009524018

1009524011

OCLC:

1496392763