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02312aam a2200409 i 4500 001 BD2AB70C4F2711EB9A63D65926ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210105012357 008 200608t20202020enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020024743 020 $a 1788738918 020 $a 9781788738910 035 $a (OCoLC)1141140655 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d PX0 $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk--- $a e-uk--- 050 00 $a PR468 W35 B43 2020 100 1 $a Beaumont, Matthew, $d 1972- $e author. 245 14 $a The walker : $b on finding and losing yourself in the modern city / $c Matthew Beaumont. 264 1 $a London ; $b Verso, $c 2020. 300 $a 320 pages : $b illustrations (black and white) ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "Whether one considers Dickens's insomniac night-time perambulations or restless excursions through the faceless monuments of today's neoliberal city, the act of walking is one of self-discovery and escape, of disappearances and secret subversions. Pacing stride for stride alongside literary amblers and thinkers such as Edgar Allan Poe, AndreÌ Breton, H. G. Wells, Virginia Woolf, Jean Rhys, and Ray Bradbury, Beaumont explores the relationship between the metropolis and its pedestrian life"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: Lost and unlost steps -- Convalescing -- Going astray -- Disappearing -- Fleeing -- Wandering -- Collapsing -- Striding, staring -- Beginning -- Stumbling -- Not belonging -- Afterword: Walking in London and Paris at night. 650 0 $a English literature $y 19th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Walking in literature. 650 0 $a City and town life in literature. 650 0 $a Pedestrians in literature. 650 0 $a Walking $z England $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a England $x Civilization $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Modernism (Literature) $z Great Britain. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Beaumont, Matthew, 1972- $t Walker $d London ; New York : Verso, 2020 $z 9781788738941 $w (DLC) 2020024744 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210304010923.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20210203010729.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BD2AB70C4F2711EB9A63D65926ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search