meandering ode to the simple act and accomplished art of taking a walk. Profound and humorous, companionable and curmudeonly, Walking, by America's first nature writer, is your personal and portable guide to the activity that, like no other, awakens the senses and the soul to the "absolute freedom and wildness" of nature.
meandering ode to the simple act and accomplished art of taking a walk. Profound and humorous, companionable and curmudeonly, Walking, by America's first nature writer, is your personal and portable guide to the activity that, like no other, awakens the senses and the soul to the "absolute freedom and wildness" of nature.
Robert Pinsky is Professor of English at Boston University and an editor of the weekly online magazine Slate. He is the author of many books of poetry and literary criticism. He served two terms as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, 1997-2000.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction by Robert Pinsky ix I. The Shipwreck 3 II. Stage-Coach Views 15 III. The Plains of Nauset 24 IV. The Beach 44 V. The Wellfleet Oysterman 62 VI. The Beach Again 80 VII. Across the Cape 101 VIII. The Highland Light 118 IX. The Sea and the Desert 139 X. Provincetown 167 Index 217
Introduction by Robert Pinsky ix I. The Shipwreck 3 II. Stage-Coach Views 15 III. The Plains of Nauset 24 IV. The Beach 44 V. The Wellfleet Oysterman 62 VI. The Beach Again 80 VII. Across the Cape 101 VIII. The Highland Light 118 IX. The Sea and the Desert 139 X. Provincetown 167 Index 217
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