Person(s):
Kyros
Walker,
Carol
Title:
Walking North with Keats
Publisher(s):
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
Document type:
Online Resource
Physical description:
1 online resource (256 p.) 50 B/W illustrations 100 colour illustrations 150 colour photographs
ISBN (invalid):
9781474478656
Identifier:
10.1515/9781474478656
Subject(s):
Poets, English
;
Walking
;
Literary Studies
;
LITERARY CRITICISM
Abstract:
Recaptures the landscapes, landmarks, poetry and letters of Keats’ epic walk of 1818 in this revised edition of a 90’s classicContains over 150 photographs retracing the tour Keats took in 1818Includes Keats letters and poems of the walking tour and Charles Brown’s journalExamines changes in mode of travel and hostelry since the first edition, reassessing the cultural picture of ScotlandTakes stock of significant, relevant scholarly writing about Keats in approximately the last thirty yearsIn the summer of 1818, John Keats and his friend, Charles Brown, headed north to Scotland on a walking tour to visit Burns country and the rugged, Romantic landscape beyond. They planned a route that would first take them through Northern England, the Lake District and Wordsworth country. Their goal was to reach John o’Groats and return by way of Perthshire.-
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