William Chapman Sharpe is professor of English at Barnard College.
“Readers embark on a promenade – arranged chronologically, it’s a walk, rather than a waltz, through time. It is perfectly suited to flicking – literary flâneurism, if you will.” —Grace McCloud, World of Interiors “Deftly organized and superbly illustrated, The Art of Walking communicates its ideas and enthusiasms with infectious passion and in elegant prose.”—Matthew Beaumont, author of The Walker: On Finding and Losing Oneself in the Modern City “Daring, erudite, and thoughtful, The Art of Walking is an important book for anyone who loves not only to walk but to think about the role that walking plays across wildly different times and places in history.”—Lauren Elkin, author of Flâneuse: Women Walk the City