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Nightwalking A Nocturnal History of London
Beaumont MatthewIn this brilliant work of literary investigation, Matthew Beaumont shines a light on the shadowy perambulations of poets, novelists and thinkers: the fetid, treacherous streets known to Chaucer and Shakespeare; William Blake and his ecstatic peregrinations; the feverish ramblings of opium addict Thomas De Quincey; and, among the lamp-lit literary throng, the supreme nightwalker Charles Dickens. We discover how the nocturnal city has inspired some and served as a balm or narcotic to others. Čítať ďalej ↓
In each case, the city is revealed as a place divided between work and pleasure, the affluent and the indigent, where the entitled and the desperate rub shoulders.
Vydavateľ
Verso Books
Počet strán
496
Rok vydania
2025
Jazyk
Angličtina
Väzba
Mäkká väzba / Paperback
EAN
9781804298480
Adresa titulu
https://www.artforum.sk/katalog/1019974/nightwalking
In each case, the city is revealed as a place divided between work and pleasure, the affluent and the indigent, where the entitled and the desperate rub shoulders.
