Time and Terrain in British Romantic Writing

"Walking and its relationship to our mental and cultural lives has been a topic of much recent academic and popular interest. Here, Alan Vardy explores the role of walking in Romantic texts from the canonical to the ephemeral, illuminating the quotidian, fleeting events that nonetheless constitute our subjective selves"--

List of contents

Preface; Introduction; Part I. Joseph Cottle: Recollection, Reminiscence, and the Forms of Circulation; Part II. Walking, Climbing, Descending: Negotiating the Landscape; Part III. Casting About: Thomas De Quincey in the World; Part IV. Clare and Dislocation; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Alan Vardy is the author of John Clare, Politics and Poetry (2003) and Constructing Coleridge: The Posthumous Life of the Author (2010). He is the editor-in-chief of Essays in Romanticism (since 2011) and the author of numerous articles and chapters on Romantic writers, including 'Coleridge the Walker' in The New Cambridge Companion to Coleridge (2022).

Summary

Walking and its relationship to our mental and cultural lives has been a topic of much recent academic and popular interest. Here, Alan Vardy explores the role of walking in Romantic texts from the canonical to the ephemeral, illuminating the quotidian, fleeting events that nonetheless constitute our subjective selves.

Foreword

Alan Vardy explores the role of walking across a range of Romantic texts, illuminating events that constitute our subjective selves.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Vardy, Alan (Hunter College Vardy
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2024
• EAN: 9781009480017
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0948001-7
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; English, Edinburgh, Poetry, c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Romanticism, Central Scotland, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, Classic Travel Writing, Classic and pre-20th century poetry, The Lake District, C 1700 To C 1800, Cumbria & Lake District, Later 18th century c 1750 to c 1799