In this brilliant work of literary investigation, Matthew Beaumont shines a light on the shadowy perambulations of poets, novelists and thinkers: the fetid, treacherous streets known to Chaucer and Shakespeare; William Blake and his ecstatic peregrinations; the feverish ramblings of opium addict Thomas De Quincey; and, among the lamp-lit literary throng, the supreme nightwalker Charles Dickens. We discover how the nocturnal city has inspired some and served as a balm or narcotic to others. In each case, the city is revealed as a place divided between work and pleasure, the affluent and the indigent, where the entitled and the desperate rub shoulders.
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- Authors:
- Beaumont, Matthew
- Year Published:
- 2025
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- Illustrations Note:
- 12 B/W integrated
- ISBN:
- 9781804298480
- Number of Pages:
- 496
- Publication Date:
- 22/07/2025
- Publisher:
- Verso Books
- Language:
- English
- Place of Publication:
- London
- SKU:
- 9781804298480