Wanderlust [Lingua Inglese]: A History of Walking - Brossura

Solnit, Rebecca

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ISBN 10: 0140286012 ISBN 13: 9780140286014

Casa editrice: Penguin Books, 2001

Riassunto

A cultural history of walking explores the ancient practice, from ancient Greece to the present, delving into Wordsworth, Gary Snyder, Rousseau, Jane Austen, and other cultural and literary icons to show how this basic activity has been imagined throughout history. 17,500 first printing.

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Recensione:

"Solnit is an elegant essayist . . . [she] joyfully trespasses across disciplines and genres, tracing a path through philosophy, paleontology, politics, religion, and literary criticism."
--The New York Times

"A tour de force . . . Solnit, a writer of unflagging grace, has a remarkable ability to wrest meaning from the mundane."
--San Francisco Chronicle  

L'autore:

Rebecca Solnit is the author of numerous books, including Hope in the Dark, River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West, Wanderlust: A History of Walking, and As Eve Said to the Serpent: On Landscape, Gender, and Art, which was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism. In 2003, she received the prestigious Lannan Literary Award.

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• Editore: Penguin Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0140286012
• ISBN 13: 9780140286014
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 368