Discovering the footsteps of time : geological travel writing about Scotland, 1700-1820 /

Discovering the Footsteps of Time probes the development of a distinctively Scottish tradition of geological travel writing from the seventeenth to early nineteenth century.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Furniss, Tom (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
Colección:Edinburgh critical studies in romanticism.
Temas:
1700-1899
Travel writing > Scotland > History and criticism.
Travel writing > Scotland > History > 18th century.
Travel writing > Scotland > History > 19th century.
Geology in literature.
Geology > Scotland.
Voyage > Art d'écrire > Écosse > Histoire et critique.
Voyage > Art d'écrire > Écosse > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Voyage > Art d'écrire > Écosse > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Géologie dans la littérature.
Géologie > Écosse.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
Geology.
Travel writing.
Scotland.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: Tourism, Aesthetics and the Discovery of Scotland
  • 2. Natural History, Travel and Early Explorations of Scotland's Natural History
  • 3. John Walker's `Report on the Hebrides' (1764-1771)
  • 4. A Country Torn and Convulsed: Pioneering Geological Observations in Thomas Pennant's Tours of Scotland (1769, 1772)
  • 5. Astonishing Productions of Volcanic Combustion: Barthelemy Faujas de Saint-Fond's Travels in England, Scotland, and the Hebrides (1784, 1799)
  • 6. James Hutton's Geological Tours of Scotland (1764-1788)
  • 7. Natural History among the Mountains of a Wild Country: Robert Jameson on Arran, 1797 and 1799
  • 8. The End of Romantic Geology in Scotland? John MacCulloch's A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland (1819).

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