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Secret of M. Dulong: A Memoir
Hardcover
Series: Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography
Literary FiguresTravel WritingWomen's Studies
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ISBN10: 0299214206
ISBN13: 9780299214203
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: Nov 22 2016
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.17
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.08 Depth: 9.34
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780299214203
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: Nov 22 2016
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.17
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.08 Depth: 9.34
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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