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 l...

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1. Verfasser: Beaumont, Matthew 1972- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; Brooklyn, NY Verso 2020
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Zusammenfassung:"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"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:320 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9781788738910

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