Time and terrain in British romantic writing / Alan Vardy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vardy, Alan D., 1954- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in Romanticism.

Cambridge studies in Romanticism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Walking in literature.

Romanticism--England.

Romanticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 270 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Walking and its relationship to our mental and cultural lives has been a topic of huge academic and popular interest in the last few years. Here, Alan Vardy explores the role of walking in one of its most obvious locations within English literature: Romanticism. Through chapters focusing on both canonical and non-canonical writings - including rich ephemera - by Joseph Cottle, Coleridge, Dorothy and William Wordsworth, de Quincey and John Clare, Time and Terrain in British Romantic Writing draws out a specific focus on affect studies and the relationship between walking and trauma, examining the relationship between emotional states and movement through space and time. It also takes up the work of lesser-known Romantic writers such as Elizabeth Smith and Thomas Wilkinson in order to mount a broad and deep exploration of the quotidian, fleeting events that nonetheless constitute our subjective selves.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Jan 2025).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009480000

1009480006

9781009479974

1009479970

9781009479981

1009479989