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1. www.gutenberg.org › files › 1022The Project Gutenberg eBook of Walking, by Henry David Thoreau

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   Jan 15, 2021 · I suspect myself, and cannot help a shudder when I find myself so implicated even in what are called good works—for this may sometimes happen. My vicinity affords many good walks; and though for so many years I have walked almost every day, and sometimes for several days together, I have not yet exhausted them.

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   Thoreau's walking explores a territory better expressed by mythology than history. He conveys some urgency to walk by stating that, although the landscape is not owned at present, he foresees a time when property ownership may prevail over it.

3. www.academia.edu › 43388808 › ENGLISH_LITERATURE_ANENGLISH LITERATURE: AN INTRODUCTION - Academia.edu

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   An introduction to the study of English Literature, including discussions of: how to define "literature", why study literature?, how to approach the great books, and English literary periods.

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4. www.alisonmorgan.co.uk › Books › Solnit 2001Wanderlust: A History of Walking - Alison Morgan

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   ‘Walking came from Africa, from evolution, and from necessity, and it went everywhere, usually looking for something. The pilgrimage is one of the basic modes of walking, walking in search of something intangible.’

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5. interestingliterature.com › 2017/12/10-of-the-best10 of the Best Poems about Walking - Interesting Literature

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   Dec 10, 2017 · 1. Thomas Traherne, ‘ Walking ’. To walk abroad is, not with eyes, But thoughts, the fields to see and prize; Else may the silent feet, Like logs of wood, Move up and down, and see no good. Nor joy nor glory meet.

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   Who wrote the first essay on walking?

   • A Thousand Miles of Conventional Sentiment : The Literature of Walking ‘The first essay specifically on walking is William Hazlitt's 1821 "On Going a Journey," and it establishes the parameters for walking "in nature" and for the literature of walking that would follow.

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   When did walking begin?

   • That history began with the walks of various characters in the eighteenth century, but the more literary among them strove to consecrate walking by tracing it to Greece, whose practices were so happily revered and misrepresented then.

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   How many miles did William Wordsworth walk?

   • The Legs of William Wordsworth Thomas de Quincey calculated that Wordsworth must have walked 175-180K miles in his lifetime; he walked nearly every day, ‘and walking was both how he encountered the world and how he composed his poetry’. ‘For Wordsworth walking was a mode not of travelling, but of being...

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   What is William Hazlitt's first essay on walking?

   • ‘The first essay specifically on walking is William Hazlitt's 1821 "On Going a Journey," and it establishes the parameters for walking "in nature" and for the literature of walking that would follow. "One of the pleasantest things in the world is going a journey, but I like to go by myself," it opens.

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   What is the Project Gutenberg Ebook of walking?

   • The Project Gutenberg eBook of Walking, by Henry David Thoreau This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.

   The Project Gutenberg eBook of Walking, by Henry David Thoreau

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   What is the most memorable essay in the book 'Night Walks'?

   • The most memorable of them all is “Night Walks”, the essay that begins, “Some years ago, a temporary inability to sleep, referable to a distressing impression, caused me to walk about the streets all night, for a series of several nights.” He described these walks from midnight till dawn as curative of his distress.’ 185-86.

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8. interestingliterature.com › 2017/10/10-of-the-best10 of the Best Poems about Solitude and Loneliness

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   Oct 25, 2017 · In this famous poem, the daffodils lift the poet’s spirits when he is feeling a little lost or thoughtful, and fill his heart with pleasure – but we should bear in mind that Wordsworth begins his journey by wandering in a ‘lonely’ fashion (though in reality, the walking trip which inspired the poem was taken with his sister, Dorothy ...