{"product_id":"the-art-of-wandering-merlin-coverley-9780857305374","title":"The Art of Wandering: The Writer as Walker","description":"\u003cb\u003eA philosophical history of that strange but prolific hybrid--The Writer as Walker.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the peripatetic philosophers of Ancient Greece to the streets of 20th-century London, Paris, and New York, the figure of writer as walker has continued to evolve through the centuries, the philosopher and the Romantic giving way to the experimentalist and radical. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From pilgrim to pedestrian, fl穗eur to stalker, the names may change, but the activity of walking remains constant, creating a literary tradition encompassing philosophy and poetry, the novel and the manifesto; a tradition which this book explores in detail. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Today, as the figure of the wanderer returns to the forefront of the public imagination, writers and walkers around the world are reengaging with the ideas which animated earlier generations--for the walker is once again on the march, mapping new territory and recording new visions of the landscape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Merlin Coverley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0857305379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780857305374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oldcastle Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.20w x 1.00d","brand":"Merlin Coverley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44070872547583,"sku":"9780857305374","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_209580b8-7643-48ba-a7d8-55e91c6ff05e.jpg?v=1685432825","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-art-of-wandering-merlin-coverley-9780857305374","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}