The walker : on finding and losing yourself in the modern city
Beaumont, Matthew, 1972-2020
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Click and Collect for The walker : on finding and losing yourself in the modern city"Whether one considers Dickens's insomniac night-time perambulations or restless excursions through the faceless monuments of today's neoliberal city, the act of walking is one of self-discovery and escape, of disappearances and secret subversions. Pacing stride for stride alongside literary amblers and thinkers such as Edgar Allan Poe, André Breton, H. G. Wells, Virginia Woolf, Jean Rhys, and Ray Bradbury, Beaumont explores the relationship between the metropolis and its pedestrian life"--
Main title:
The walker : on finding and losing yourself in the modern city / Matthew Beaumont.
Author:
Beaumont, Matthew, 1972-, author
Imprint:
London ; New York : Verso, 2020.©2020
Collation:
320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Lost and unlost steps -- Convalescing -- Going astray -- Disappearing -- Fleeing -- Wandering -- Collapsing -- Striding, staring -- Beginning -- Stumbling -- Not belonging -- Afterword: Walking in London and Paris at night.
ISBN:
97817887389109781788738910
Dewey class:
820.9
Language:
English
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Subject:
BRN:
383945
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Languages and Literature | 820.9 BEA | Available |
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