Wanderers: Literature, Culture and the Open Road

The book Wanderers explores the idea and experience of wandering, as reflected in cultural texts from popular songs to philosophical analysis, providing a fascinating informal history and a necessary vantage point for understanding the emergence of new wanderers. David Brown Morris argues that wandering is fundamental to understanding certain literary texts, and prominent literary and cultural texts demonstrate how representations of wandering have changed across cultures, times, and genres. Wanderers provides an initial overview of the importance of wandering as a perennial human experience and a changing historical event, including contemporary forms such as homelessness and climate migration.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 144 pages
Publication date: 25 September 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Wandering, as a profound and enduring human experience, has been explored through a diverse range of cultural texts, from popular songs to philosophical analysis. This book offers not only a captivating informal history but also serves as a vital vantage point for understanding the emergence of new wanderers in our contemporary era.

Wanderers, authored by David Brown Morris, presents a dynamic and comprehensive exploration of this significant and recurring theme in literary history. Morris argues that wandering, as a primal and recurring human experience, holds the key to understanding certain literary texts. In turn, a selection of prominent literary and cultural texts, spanning from Paradise Lost to pop songs, from Wordsworth to the blues, from the Wandering Jew to the film Nomadland, illustrate how representations of wandering have evolved across different cultures, eras, and genres.

Wanderers provides an essential introduction to the significance of wandering, both as a perennial human experience and as a shifting historical phenomenon. It encompasses contemporary forms such as homelessness and climate migration, which urgently demand our attention. This book offers a delightful and informative journey through a profound concept that will captivate scholars and researchers in the fields of literature, cultural studies, and philosophy.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 216 x 138 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032185965