Walk: Notes on a Romantic Image

By Jeffrey Cane Robinson and Jeffrey C. Robinson

Book Overview

"The Walk," a meditation on walking and on the literature of walking, ruminates on this pervasive, even commonplace, modern image. It is not so much an argument as a journey along the path of literature, noting the occasions and settings, the pleasures and possibilities of different types of walking--through the country or city, during day or night, alone or with someone--and the literatures--the poems, essays, stories, novels, and diaries--walking has produced.

Jeffrey C. Robinson's discussion is less criticism than appreciation: with an autobiographical bent, he leads the reader through Romantic, modern, and contemporary literature to show us the shared pleasures of reading, writing, and walking.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564784592
• ISBN13: 9781564784599
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher