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Romantic Writing and Pedestrian Travel is an exploration of the relationship between walking and writing. Robin Jarvis here reconstructs the scene of walking, both in Britain and on the Continent, in the 1790s, and analyzes the mentality and motives of the early pedestrian traveler. He then discusses the impact of this cultural revolution on the creativity of major Romantic writers, focusing especially on William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Coleridge, Clare, Keats, Hazlitt and Hunt. In readings which engage current debates around literature and travel, Jarvis demonstrates how walking became not only a powerful means of self-enfranchisement but also the focus of restless textual energies.Editorials
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Argues that much Romantic literature stemmed from the rise of pedestrian touring and the popularization of recreational walking in the last quarter of the 18th century. Jarvis (U. of the West of England) reconstructs the walking scene in Britain and on the Continent in the 1790s, analyzing the mentality and motives of the early pedestrian traveller. He then discusses the impact of this cultural revolution on the creativity of major romantic writers, focusing especially on William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Coleridge, Clare, Keats, Hazlitt, and Hunt. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
September 1, 1997
Publisher
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan, 1997.
Pages
256
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780312175313