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portada To the Hebrides: Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands and James Boswell's Journal of a Tour
Type
Physical Book
Author
Illustrated by
Publisher
Year
2011
Language
English
Pages
640
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
19.6 x 12.7 x 4.3 cm
Weight
0.54 kg.
ISBN
1780270313
ISBN13
9781780270319
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To the Hebrides: Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands and James Boswell's Journal of a Tour

Samuel Johnson (Author) · James Boswell (Author) · Ronald Black (Illustrated by) · Birlinn · Paperback

To the Hebrides: Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands and James Boswell's Journal of a Tour - Johnson, Samuel ; Boswell, James ; Black, Ronald

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Synopsis "To the Hebrides: Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands and James Boswell's Journal of a Tour"

Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and James Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides are widely regarded as among the best pieces of travel writing ever produced. Johnson and Boswell spent the autumn of 1773 touring Scotland as far west as the islands of Skye, Raasay, Coll, Mull, Ulva, Inchkenneth and Iona. Highly readable, often profound, and at times very funny, their accounts of the 'jaunt' are above all a valuable record of a society undergoing rapid change.In this pioneering new edition, Ronald Black brings together the two men's starkly contrasting accounts of each of the thirteen stages of the journey. He also restores to Boswell's text 20,000 words from his journal which were denied entry to his book because they were intimate, defamatory, or about the islands rather than Johnson. The endnotes incorporate Boswell's footnotes, translations of Latin passages, a clear summary of pre-existing information on the two texts, and a fresh focus on what the two men actually found on their trip. To the Hebrides also includes contemporary prints by Thomas Rowlandson, seventeen new maps and a comprehensive index.

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