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Inspired Journeys: Travel Writers in Search of the Muse
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ISBN10: 0299309401
ISBN13: 9780299309404
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: Jan 1 1996
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780299309404
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: Jan 1 1996
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
Full of humor, profundity, and obsession, these are tales of writers on peregrine paths. Some set out in search of legends or artistic inspiration; others seek spiritual epiphany or fulfillment of a promise. Their journeys lead them variously to Dracula's castle, Laura Ingalls Wilder's prairie, the Grimms' fairy-tale road, Mayan temples, Nathaniel West's California, the Camino de Santiago trail, Scott's Antarctica, the Marquis de Sade's haunted manor, or the sacred city of Varanasi. All of these pilgrimages are worthy journeys--redemptive and serious. But a time-honored element of pilgrimage is a suspension of rules, and there is absurdity and exuberance here as well.
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