The measure of Paris /

The measure of Paris /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Scobie, Stephen.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, 2010.
Description:	xiv, 340 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Wayfarer, a literary travel series Wayfarer (Edmonton, Alta.)
Subject:	Canadian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Canadian literature. Civilization. Paris (France) -- In literature. Paris (France) -- History -- 20th century. Paris (France) -- Civilization -- 20th century. Paris (France) -- Biography. France -- Paris. History Biography. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8125936

Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:	9780888645333 0888645333
Notes:	Includes index. Includes bibliographical references: p. 307-314.
Summary:	Stephen Scobie, flaneur extraordinaire, deftly blends travelogue, memoir, literary criticism, and poetry in The Measure of Paris. He re-presents a "peripatetic speculation" on Paris and those others who have walked and written this "infinite city." Scobie's graceful wanderings into Parisian art, history, architecture, city planning, and flanerie prepare readers for his prolonged meditations on fellow Canadian writers such as Sheila Watson, Mavis Gallant, Gail Scott, Lola Lemire Tostevin, John Glassco, and Gerry Shikatani, and other literary visitors such as Gertrude Stein and Djuna Barnes, Scobie leaves us with personal observations, journal entries, and lucid poems to mark and measure his own time there. Seldom do pleasures of form and content align so perfectly. Those who enjoy travel, great writing and great writers, and the city of light will love The Measure of Paris. --Book Jacket.
Other form:	Online version: Scobie, Stephen, 1943- Measure of Paris. 1st ed. Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, 2010

Regenstein, Bookstacks

Loading map link

Holdings details from Regenstein, Bookstacks
Call Number:	PR9199.3.S295 M43 2010
c.1	Available Loan period: standard loan Scan and Deliver Request for Pickup Need help? - Ask a Librarian