The Art of Wandering

The Writer as Walker

Merlin Coverley

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Oldcastle Books Ltd
01 February 2023

Popular philosophy

The Art of Wandering is a history of that curious hybrid, the writer as walker. From the Ancient world to the modern day, the role of the walker continues to evolve, from philosopher and pilgrim, vagrant and visionary, to experimentalist and radical. From Rousseau and De Quincey to Virginia Woolf and Werner Herzog, this seemingly innocuous activity has inspired a literary tradition encompassing philosophy and poetry, the novel and the manifesto.

Today, this figure has returned to the forefront of the public imagination, as writers and walkers follow in the footsteps of earlier generations. For the walker is once again on the march, seeking out new territory and recording new impressions of the landscape.

Newly revised and updated, The Art of Wandering explores these adventures on foot. Every walk can be expressed as a story narrated by the walker; it is these stories and the lives of those who walked them which are examined here.

'Coverley's approach is an enlightening one. Covering an astounding amount of material, both well-known and cult writers feature with equal prominence' — Huffington Post

'Splendid, scholarly and suffused with evocative stories and biographical sketches' — Booklist

'A brisk history of why and in what ways writers have walked' — Evening Standard

By: Merlin Coverley
Imprint: Oldcastle Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9780857305374
ISBN 10: 0857305379
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 February 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Merlin Coverley is the author of seven books: London Writing, Psychogeography, Occult London, Utopia, The Art of Wandering, South and Hauntology. He lives in London.

Reviews for The Art of Wandering: The Writer as Walker

This is a real eye opener of a book and one I would recommend to anyone -- Harri Roberts * Outdoor Focus Magazine * Path to enlightenment: how walking inspires writers -- Billy Mills * The Guardian * A brisk history of why and in what ways writers have walked -- David Sexton * Evening Standard * Coverley's approach is an enlightening one. Covering an astounding amount of material, both well-known and cult writers feature with equal prominence; from Baudelaire, Blake, Whitman and Rimbaud, to the lesser-known Papadimitriou and Walser -- Declan Tan * Huffington Post UK * Splendid, scholarly and suffused with evocative stories and biographical sketches, Coverley's book not only proffers pleasure and diversion but also potently explores the historical significance of the art of walking * Booklist *