The Walk: Notes on a Romantic Image - Hardcover

Robinson, Jeffrey C.

 
9780806121819: The Walk: Notes on a Romantic Image

Synopsis

Robinson (English, U. of Colorado) meditates on walking and on literary and visual representations of walking. His book will capture the imaginations of poets and novelists, general readers interested in literature and culture, and nature and walking enthusiasts. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Review

Jeffrey C . Robinson's The Walk is a lively and intelligent omnibus for thinkers as well as for walkers. His evident love of literature is a genuine enthusiasm for all that is best in life. --Annie Dillard

An elegant and eloquent persuasion to abandon the automobile. --Marilyn Krysl

About the Author

Jeffrey C. Robinson's recent books include Wordsworth Day by Day: Reading His Work into Poetry Now, and Unfettering Poetry: The Fancy in British Romanticism. He is co-editor with Jerome Rothenberg of the forthcoming Poems for the Millennium, Vol. 3: The University of California Book of Romantic and Post-Romantic Poetry. He has taught at the University of Colorado since 1971.

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9781564784599: The Walk – Notes on a Romantic Image (Dalkey Archive Scholarly)

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ISBN 10:  1564784592 ISBN 13:  9781564784599
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press, 2007
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