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- catalog abstract "This is the first comprehensive treatment of Johnson and Boswell in relation to Scotland, as revealed in their respective accounts of their trip to the Hebrides in 1773, the Journey to the Western Islands and the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. Locating the Scottish Journey both within the context of travel writing in the decade of Cook's Pacific voyages, and in an intellectual, cultural, and literary context, Pat Rogers' new interpretation of the writers' famous accounts describes the 'Grand Detour' which the travellers made in opposition to the standard Grand Tour expectations. Johnson and Boswell: The Transit of Caledonia suggests a reason why Johnson undertook his long-planned visit in old age, and explores the relation between his Journey and the letters he wrote to Hester Thrale. Boswell's complex motives in making the tour are also explored, including his divided views concerning his Scottish identity, and his desire at a concealed level to replay the heroic venture of Prince Charles Edward thirty years before. Setting the journey in the context of anti-Scottish feeling in the period, the book relates the themes and motifs of the two narratives to the background of the Scottish Enlightenment on such issues as emigration and primitivism, and offers fresh readings of the major surveys by Johnson and Boswell of Scotland after the Jacobite risings.".
- catalog contributor b7391179.
- catalog coverage "Scotland Civilization 18th century.".
- catalog coverage "Scotland History 18th century.".
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "1. 'Trembling on the Brink of his Own Climacterick': Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands and the Onset of Old Age -- 2. Grand Detour: Johnson's Un-Italian Journey -- 3. 'The Transit of the Caledonian Hemisphere': Johnson and Boswell in an Age of Discovery -- 4. Noblest Savage of them All: Johnson, Omai, and Other Primitives -- 5. Johnson's Letters to Hester Thrale and A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland -- 6. Rambler and the Wanderer: Boswell's Road to the Isles -- 7. Boswell and the Scotticism -- 8. Johnson, Boswell, and Anti-Scottish Sentiment -- Appendix: Monboddo, Johnson, and Boswell.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "This is the first comprehensive treatment of Johnson and Boswell in relation to Scotland, as revealed in their respective accounts of their trip to the Hebrides in 1773, the Journey to the Western Islands and the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. Locating the Scottish Journey both within the context of travel writing in the decade of Cook's Pacific voyages, and in an intellectual, cultural, and literary context, Pat Rogers' new interpretation of the writers' famous accounts describes the 'Grand Detour' which the travellers made in opposition to the standard Grand Tour expectations. Johnson and Boswell: The Transit of Caledonia suggests a reason why Johnson undertook his long-planned visit in old age, and explores the relation between his Journey and the letters he wrote to Hester Thrale. Boswell's complex motives in making the tour are also explored, including his divided views concerning his Scottish identity, and his desire at a concealed level to replay the heroic venture of Prince Charles Edward thirty years before. Setting the journey in the context of anti-Scottish feeling in the period, the book relates the themes and motifs of the two narratives to the background of the Scottish Enlightenment on such issues as emigration and primitivism, and offers fresh readings of the major surveys by Johnson and Boswell of Scotland after the Jacobite risings.".
- catalog extent "245 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0198182597 :".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press,".
- catalog spatial "Scotland Civilization 18th century.".
- catalog spatial "Scotland Hebrides".
- catalog spatial "Scotland History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "828/.603 B 20".
- catalog subject "Authors, English 18th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "Authors, Scottish 18th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "Boswell, James, 1740-1795 Journeys Scotland Hebrides.".
- catalog subject "Boswell, James, 1740-1795 Travel Scotland Hebrides.".
- catalog subject "Boswell, James, 1740-1795. Journal of a tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.".
- catalog subject "Boswell, James, 1740-1795. Journal of a tour to the Hebrides.".
- catalog subject "Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 Journeys Scotland Hebrides.".
- catalog subject "Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 Travel Scotland Hebrides.".
- catalog subject "Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland.".
- catalog subject "PR3533 .R64 1995".
- catalog subject "Travelers Scotland Hebrides 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Travelers Scotland Hebrides History 18th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. 'Trembling on the Brink of his Own Climacterick': Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands and the Onset of Old Age -- 2. Grand Detour: Johnson's Un-Italian Journey -- 3. 'The Transit of the Caledonian Hemisphere': Johnson and Boswell in an Age of Discovery -- 4. Noblest Savage of them All: Johnson, Omai, and Other Primitives -- 5. Johnson's Letters to Hester Thrale and A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland -- 6. Rambler and the Wanderer: Boswell's Road to the Isles -- 7. Boswell and the Scotticism -- 8. Johnson, Boswell, and Anti-Scottish Sentiment -- Appendix: Monboddo, Johnson, and Boswell.".
- catalog title "Johnson and Boswell : the transit of Caledonia / Pat Rogers.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".