The Alternative Modernity of the Bicycle in British and French Literature, 1880-1920 - Paperbackby Una Brogan (Author) This book engages with the long overlooked bicycle as a crucial literary and cultural object. In a selection of turn of the century fiction, travel writing and non fiction, cycling is revealed to be a favoured literary device, allowing writers to structure their narratives in new ways or depict a fresh sensory and aesthetic experience. Moreover, this study reveals that from its earliest days, the bicycle played a compelling