To the Hebrides: Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and James Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides - Couverture souple

Johnson, Samuel; Boswell, James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1780270313 ISBN 13 : 9781780270319

Editeur : Birlinn Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

Samuel Johnson and James Boswell spent the autumn of 1773 touring through the Lowlands and Highlands of Scotland as far west as the islands of Skye, Raasay, Coll, Mull, Inchkenneth and Iona. Both kept detailed notes of their impressions, and later published separate accounts of their journey. These works contain some of the finest pieces of travel writing ever produced: they are also magnificent historical documents as well as portraits of two extraordinary men of letters. Together they paint a vivid picture of a society which was still almost unknown to the Europe of the Enlightenment. Entertaining, profound, and marvellously readable, they are a valuable chronicle of a lost age and a fascinating people. For the first time, Ronald Black's edition brings together Johnson's and Boswell's accounts of each of the six stages of the two men's journey - Lowlands, Skye, Coll, Mull and back to the mainland. Illustrated with prints by Thomas Rowlandson, it includes a critical introduction, translations of the Latin texts and brief notes.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

'Published in the late 18th century, Samuel Johnson's and James Boswell's two books about their trip through the Scottish Highlands and Islands have been cleverly edited into a single volume -- To the Hebrides: Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands and James Boswell's Journal of a Tour, by Boswell, Johnson and Ronald Black -- that switches the narrative from one to the other as the expedition goes on. Their shifting view of some events is often hilarious. The story should be of particular interest to the many Canadians with Scots ancestry (as it is to this Welshman, who has none) and, best of all as a reminder of English as She Should be Writ, but Alas No Longer Is.' --Toronto Globe and Mail

Biographie de l'auteur :

Formerly a lecturer in Celtic in Glasgow and Edinburgh universities, Ronald Black is Gaelic Editor of The Scotsman and a columnist in the West Highland Free Press. In addition to numerous academic articles he is author or editor of: Mac Mhaighstir Alasdair: The Ardnamurchan Years, An Tuil: Anthology of 20th Century Scottish Gaelic Verse, An Lasair: Anthology of 18th Century Scottish Gaelic Verse, Eilein na h-Oige: The Poems of Fr Allan McDonald and The Gaelic Otherworld.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Birlinn Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1780270313
• ISBN 13: 9781780270319
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 640