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Author:

Stiegler, Bernd.

Title:

Traveling in place : a history of armchair travel / Bernd Stiegler ; translated from the German by Peter Filkins.

Publisher:

The University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Travel in literature.
Rooms in literature.
European literature--History and criticism.

Other Titles:

Reisender Stillstand. English

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Brief travel guide -- The journey around the room -- Pilgrimages -- The "Frauenzimmer" -- Expeditions in the near-at-hand -- Framed views -- The life of plants -- The life of objects -- The journey through a sea of images -- Dark chambers -- Interiors -- The flâneur -- Excursion and stopover: around the world in eighty days -- Peregrinations -- Travels with a room -- A cinematic baedeker -- The journey to la défense -- Journeys into the world as text -- The journey into oneself -- Crossing-crisscrossing -- Cinematic explorations -- Near distance -- The final journey.

ISBN:

0226774678 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
9780226774671 (hardcover : alkaline paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)833574375

LCCN:

2013011718

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CDPC522 -- Solon Public Library (Solon)